Vous yoyez ici les grandes célébrités...
1839
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
1839
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Vous yoyez ici les grandes célébrités... is a 1839 ink by Honoré Daumier, a Romanticism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This lithograph shows a man on stage pointing to sheet music while a crowd watches. The artist exaggerated the audience's faces—some bored, some rapt—to mock high-society taste. It’s a sharp jab at Paris’s theater scene in 1839. Daumier used bold lines and quick shading to make the moment feel alive. He often targeted hypocrites in power through cartoons like this one. Check out more Daumier at the National Gallery of Art, Washington.
