1849
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
Dominant colour
Michel Goudchaux is a 1849 by Honoré Daumier, a Romanticism work, held at Cleveland Museum of Art.
This painting shows Michel Goudchaux, a man with a serious expression. He is dressed in formal clothes, sitting in a chair. The artist included many details in the background, but the focus is on the man. The painting was meant to be part of a series called "The Representatives Represented". It was never published, which makes it a rare print. This series was likely meant to show people in power. You can learn more about this style by looking at the work of artist: Honoré Daumier (French, 1808–1879).
This rare print was intended for the series The Representatives Represented but was never published.
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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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