But as a savvy genre piece with built-in momentum, it works just fine.

He is known for still life paintings, and genre pieces.

During these years he painted many portraits and genre pieces.

This painting is nowadays the most known genre piece of Mánes.

He is known for his portraits and genre pieces.

Perhaps he wanted to try a genre piece for his initial effort.

"What we don't want is to have people write this off as a genre piece and not for them," he said.

Some tavern interiors and genre pieces with farmers are known.

Yet the playing lacked the freedom and immediacy that would have made this seem more than a genre piece.

But codger comedy is not the order of the day in this perfect genre piece.