1839
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
VOILLLLLLLLLLLA LE GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRAND galop charivarique is a 1839 ink by Honoré Daumier, a Romanticism work, depicting Sheet Music, held at National Gallery of Art.
This lithograph shows a wild parade of people on horses and in carriages. Musicians play instruments while others wave hats in the air. The crowd looks messy and fun, full of exaggerated faces and wild motion. Daumier loved mocking Parisian fads. This print laughs at a trendy "galop charivarique" dance craze from the 1830s. The long title mimics the noisy excitement with its loud, playful letters. Want to see more loud, funny art? Look up Daumier, Honoré.
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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