From the 18th to the 19th century, life oil painting art continued to evolve with the changes of social customs and ideological trends, breaking the single realistic recording mode of Dutch life painting, and realizing the upgrade from life scene recording to emotional expression and custom interpretation. In the 18th century, French Rococo life painting focused on depicting the leisure and elegant life scenes of court nobles and urban bourgeoisie, with bright and soft colors, lively and relaxed picture atmosphere, reflecting the elegant and leisurely life custom of the era.

Different from the simple scene recording of early life painting, the life oil painting of this period has more profound emotional connotation and custom research value. It not only records the life scenes of different social classes, but also implies the social class differences, life concepts and emotional trends of the times, making life oil painting evolve from a single decorative art to an artistic carrier with custom recording and emotional expression functions, and further enriching the aesthetic connotation of life art.