/kloc-Another direction of French painting in the 0/8th century is civic art influenced by the Enlightenment. This is the development of citizen realism art represented by the Lenan brothers in the last century, and it is also the product of the bourgeois enlightenment movement at that time. In sharp contrast with rococo art with hedonistic tendency. Although its achievements are not as outstanding as the enlightenment literature of that era, it has played an important role in propagating the moral concepts of the emerging bourgeoisie, opposing the rococo art of the nobility, and promoting French art to real life. The most important representative painters are Xia Erdan and Greuze.

Pray Xia Erdan 1 before meals. Xia Erdan, painter of Still Life Painting.

Xia Erdan (1699—1779) was one of the most outstanding painters in the 8th century. He was born in a family of furniture manufacturers in Paris. He created more than 400 works in his life, mainly genre paintings, still life paintings and some portraits. His genre paintings mainly describe the daily life of the petty bourgeoisie in Paris, such as "industrious mother", "Return from the market" and "Prayer before meals". Among them, the painting "Prayer before Meal" is the most famous. It depicts an ordinary citizen's family life scene full of human feelings, fully shows the situation, character and sentiment of the citizen's life class, and gives people a sense of tranquility and kindness.

Xia Erdan has made great achievements in still life painting. It can be said that he is an unpretentious still life painter. In the era of Louis XV, when everything was luxurious, Xia Erdan's solemn still life paintings became more and more beautiful, which made people get some natural and true feelings in a society full of emptiness and depravity. The painter's eyes quietly stared at dishes, fish, fruits, bread and other extremely ordinary things, and excavated deep beauty from them. Representative works include Musical Instrument, Cupboard, Cake, Goblet Still Life and so on.

Xia Erdan's genre painting and still life painting. It is easy for people to feel the warmth, life and the flavor of the times in the painting. It is the greatness and touching of his works.