1860
oil
panel
From the collection of Art Institute of Chicago
The Print Collector is a 1860 oil by Honoré Daumier, a Impressionism work, held at Art Institute of Chicago.
You see a man surrounded by prints in this painting. He's looking at one closely, with more prints on the wall and floor. The man is a collector, and this scene shows his quiet hobby. The artist paid attention to the collector's gentle gesture, showing care for the prints. To learn more about the artist's style, look up Honoré-Victorin Daumier.
Possibly Jean Baptiste Camille Corot, Paris (died 1875); sold Hôtel Drouot, Paris, May 26–June 9, 1875, lot 663 to M[onsieur] Jacquot (for 1550 FF) [according to Robaut 1965, p. 257]. Possibly Henri Vever (died 1897) [according to Paris 1934]. Probably Georges Viau, Paris, 1900 [Viau lent L'Amateur to Paris 1900]. Jacques Doucet (died 1929), Paris, by 1912 [see René Jean 1912, pp. 34-35]; his widow, until at least 1934 [lent to Paris 1934]; sold to Jacques Seligmann [see Seligman 1960, p. 179]; Jacques Seligmann & Co., Paris and New York, who sold a share of the painting to Knoedler's, New…
Paris, Exposition Internationale Universelle de 1900, Exposition Centennale de l'art français (1800-1889), 1900, no. 82. Berlin, Cassirer Kunstsalon, Sonderausstellung Sammlung Honore Daumier, Jan. 5–about Feb. 9, 1901, no cat. Paris, Exposition de Vingt Peintres du Siècle, 1910. Paris, Exposition de la Croix-Rouge, 1912. Zurich, Zürcher Kunsthaus, Französische Kunst des XIX u. XX Jahrhunderts, 5 October to 14 November 1917, no. 71, (ill.). Paris, Musée des Arts Decoratifs, Cinquante ans de peinture française 1875-1925, 28 May-12 July 1925, no. 26, (ill.). Amsterdam, Rijksmuseum, Exposition…
Léon Rosenthal, Daumier, (L'Art de Notre Temps) (Paris, [1911]), pp. 105-06, pl. 45. René Jean, L'art Français à Saint-Pétersbourg, Exposition Centennale sous les auspices de S.A.I. le Grand-duc Nicolas Mikhailovitch (Paris, 1912), pp. 34-5. Ardengo Soffici, "Daumier Pittore," Dedalo 2 (1921-22), pp. 405-20, (ill.). Erich Klossowski, Honoré Daumier (Munich, 1923), p. 120, no. 373, p. 138 (ill.). André Fontainas, La Peinture de Daumier (Paris [1923]), p. 5 (ill.). Eduard Fuchs, Der Maler Daumier (Munich 1927), p. 50, no. 109, fig. 109. Arsène Alexandre, Daumier, (Maîtres de l'Art Moderne),…
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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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