Singerie

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Singerie

The French word for "Monkey Trick". Its a type of picture of monkeys fashionably attired. The monkeys are often acting in human behaviors. Singerie was popular among French artists in the early 18th century but the term is most usually reserved for a type of decorative painting associated with French Rococo. It originated with the French decorator and designer Jean Berain. He included dressed figures of monkeys in a lot of his wall decorations.

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