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Nouveaux chapeaux de dames ...

Nouveaux chapeaux de dames ..., by Honoré Daumier, ink, 1855
Nouveaux chapeaux de dames ..., by Honoré Daumier, ink, 1855

Nouveaux chapeaux de dames ... is an ink print by the Impressionist artist Honoré Daumier. It dates from 1855 and is held in the collection of the National Gallery of Art.

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Overview

Nouveaux chapeaux de dames is a lithograph by Honoré Daumier, showcasing a fashionable couple in a park setting.

Subject & Meaning

The print features a stylish couple displaying their attire, with oversized hats and exaggerated facial features, particularly large noses, potentially satirizing their social standing and the societal norms of 19th-century France.

Technique & Style

Daumier's use of lithography allowed for the mass production of the image, while the caricatured features of the subjects reflect his characteristic style, which often employed exaggeration to comment on contemporary society.

Aux Champs-Elysées...De trois a six heures
Aux Champs-Elysées...De trois a six heures, Honoré Daumier

Artist & collection

Portrait of Honoré Daumier

Artist

Honoré Daumier

Honoré-Victorin Daumier (French: ; 26 February 1808 – 10 or 11 February 1879) was a French painter, sculptor, and printmaker, whose many works offer commentary on the social and political life in France, from the…

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Who painted Nouveaux chapeaux de dames ...?

Nouveaux chapeaux de dames ... was painted by Honoré Daumier in 1855.

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Nouveaux chapeaux de dames ... is held by National Gallery of Art.

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Nouveaux chapeaux de dames ... is associated with Impressionism.

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