The book is the first monography of the genre published in Romania and addresses the period 1846 – 1916.
It includes 180 paitings from museums and important collections and treats creations of the great painters of the period: Theodor Aman, Nicolae Grigorescu, Ioan Andreescu, Stefan Luchian as well of other “small” masters of those days, students of the Schools of Fine Arts in Bucharest, Iasi, Munich, Paris.
Bonte Collection painting by Nicolae Grigorescu included in the Viata Tacuta a Naturii book by Doina Pauleanu