[3] Paintings needed to appeal to middle-class buyers, as there were not enough elite buyers to go around (and they were mostly captured by the Academy anyway.) Painting that were pretty or decorative fitted well with the dealer-critic system. It was helpful, too, if they were interesting to average viewer - genre scenes and landscapes were more accessible to the middle classes than the highly symbolic history painting prized by the Academy. [4] Paintings needed to be small to fit in living rooms. This encouraged "easel" paintings. Salon painting, often very large (floor to ceiling), were meant to hang in museums, mansions, and castles.