What is Genre painting?
[[File:Woman_writing_a_letter,_with_her_maid,_by_Johannes_Vermeer.jpg|thumb|279x279px|''[[Lady Writing a Letter with her Maid]]'' by [[Jan Vermeer]] 1670/71)]] [[File:Ilia_Efimovich_Repin_(1844-1930)_-_Volga_Boatmen_(1870-1873).jpg|right|thumb|300x300px|''[[Barge Haulers on the Volga]]'' by [[Ilya Repin]], c. 1870-1873]] '''Genre painting''' is a style of [[painting]]. The painters want to show scenes of everyday life. The people are shown doing things they do in everyday life. Unlike with [[History painting|history paintings]], the people cannot be identified, they are [[w:anonymous|anonymous]]. They migt be identifiable as workers of a certain profession by the way they are dressed, or what they do. Grenre paiting is also called '''petit genre'''. History painting also has the name ''grand genre''. [[Category:Painting styles]]