Renowned for his visual preservation of Paris’ decadent Belle Époque era, artist Jean-George Béraud captured the daily life of the bon vivant. Fashion, elegance & class, no detail was forgotten. Below are several of his exquisite masterpieces, depicting not only the extravagances of the affluent but as well as the ‘perfection’ of a more simpler life with La Brasserie. | Giuseppe 

 

La Pâtisserie Gloppe au Champs-Élysées

Year | 1889

Media | Oil on canvas

Location | Musée Carnavalet

 

 

Les Coulisses de l’Opéra

Year | 1889

Media | Oil on wood

Location | Musée Carnavalet

 

 

La Brasserie

Year | 1883

Media | Oil on canvas

Location | Private collection