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Un Monsieur tenant à prouver qu'il peut...

Honoré Daumier

1852

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From the collection of National Gallery of Art

Impressionism Realism Early 19th Century

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Un Monsieur tenant à prouver qu'il peut... is a 1852 ink by Honoré Daumier, a Impressionism work, held at National Gallery of Art.

Who painted this?: Honoré Daumier
When & what style?: 1852 · Impressionism
Where can I see it?: National Gallery of Art

About this work

This lithograph shows a man at a piano, mouth open wide, singing like the room might blow apart. His hat nearly flies off. Two listeners clutch their chests, one with eyes rolling back. Daumier loved poking fun at Parisian life. Here he turns a concert into a joke about dramatic feelings. Want to see more like this? Look up Daumier, Honoré.

About the artist

Artist

Honoré Daumier

Honoré-Victorin Daumier was a French painter, sculptor, and printmaker, whose many works offer commentary on the social and political life in France, from the Revolution of 1830 to the fall of the Second French Empire in 1870.

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