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Daumier
Honore Daumier's lithographs have long overshadowed his painting. He is however not only the leading social critic in the creative arts, but also one of the greatest painters of the nineteenth century and one of the greatest painters of all time.
In his painting spontaneous human action achieves unparalled brilliance of expression and his real theme is Man with all his resources and failings, virtues, sins and passions.
The illustrations in this volume show the most important works of this superb artist; the introduction deals with the vast significance of Daumier's painting.
In his painting spontaneous human action achieves unparalled brilliance of expression and his real theme is Man with all his resources and failings, virtues, sins and passions.
The illustrations in this volume show the most important works of this superb artist; the introduction deals with the vast significance of Daumier's painting.
132 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 1954
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October 31, 2019
The Frenchman, friend of Balzac, is a much underrated painter and lithographer. His lithography output was phenomenal, producing drawings for magazines by the thousand. He began with La Caricature but was then taken on by Charivari and he had over 33,000 drawings published in the magazine between 1833 and 1860.
He spent six months in prison because one of his caricatures upset the establishment but he returned to produce some great works. His figures were often in shades of grey and this brought him criticism that he did not have a natural sense of colour and that he merely painted grisailles (studies in shades of grey, black and white) but some of his later paintings belie this thought. His figures have life and his various studies of 'The Print Collector' are magnificent as is his impressionistic sketch of 'The Art Lover', a gentleman sitting at home surrounded by walls fully decorated with pictures and various artefacts littering the place - magnificent, perhaps because it seems close to home!
An enjoyable read with a good selection of the artist's pictures that gives a good grounding in his work.
He spent six months in prison because one of his caricatures upset the establishment but he returned to produce some great works. His figures were often in shades of grey and this brought him criticism that he did not have a natural sense of colour and that he merely painted grisailles (studies in shades of grey, black and white) but some of his later paintings belie this thought. His figures have life and his various studies of 'The Print Collector' are magnificent as is his impressionistic sketch of 'The Art Lover', a gentleman sitting at home surrounded by walls fully decorated with pictures and various artefacts littering the place - magnificent, perhaps because it seems close to home!
An enjoyable read with a good selection of the artist's pictures that gives a good grounding in his work.
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