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A Difficult Art Lover by Honoré-Victorin Daumier — VisualArtsDB

A Difficult Art Lover

A Difficult Art Lover

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

1864

Medium: Lithograph
Genre: Print
Museum: Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, MA, US

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french

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The Assembly of the Actionaries

The Assembly of the Actionaries

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

"What,... Can it be true! ...We'll soon have cheap beef and veal at the shops?"

"What,... Can it be true! ...We'll soon have cheap beef and veal at the shops?"

Honoré-Victorin Daumier, 1857

A Present for an Artist. The Chinese adore music, but they are also passionately fond of musicians. Their infatuation of this attitude is carried to extremes which are not easily understood in our civilized regions. Thus it is quite normal to see Chinese harnessed like horses to a cab and drive their idol around town. An when a pianist has improvised variations more or less brilliant of the "air of moonlight", "Ah!... you will say... Mama" or "King Dagobert", they find nothing better to bestow on him than a sword of honour which is accepted with a coolness equally laughable, plate 23 from Voyage En Chine

A Present for an Artist. The Chinese adore music, but they are also passionately fond of musicians. Their infatuation of this attitude is carried to extremes which are not easily understood in our civilized regions. Thus it is quite normal to see Chinese harnessed like horses to a cab and drive their idol around town. An when a pianist has improvised variations more or less brilliant of the "air of moonlight", "Ah!... you will say... Mama" or "King Dagobert", they find nothing better to bestow on him than a sword of honour which is accepted with a coolness equally laughable, plate 23 from Voyage En Chine

Honoré-Victorin Daumier, 1844

Abusing Freedom

Abusing Freedom

Honoré-Victorin Daumier, 1866

Two Grand Dukes Leaving for Sebastopol, plate 166 from Actualités

Two Grand Dukes Leaving for Sebastopol, plate 166 from Actualités

Honoré-Victorin Daumier, 1855

“I don't rent to people with children,” plate 14 from Locataires Et Propriétaires

“I don't rent to people with children,” plate 14 from Locataires Et Propriétaires

Honoré-Victorin Daumier, 1847

"I see something moving at the top of this tree... it couldn't be that our rabbit has climbed up there..."

"I see something moving at the top of this tree... it couldn't be that our rabbit has climbed up there..."

Honoré-Victorin Daumier, 1855

"Oh my friend! What a handsome Turk!"

"Oh my friend! What a handsome Turk!"

Honoré-Victorin Daumier, 1859

Just like Sisyphus, plate 27 from Actualités

Just like Sisyphus, plate 27 from Actualités

Honoré-Victorin Daumier, 1869

A 1st Performance. The Man in the Worst Seat. "This piece seems to me to be well written, but for me the production leaves something to be desired...at least as far as I can judge."

A 1st Performance. The Man in the Worst Seat. "This piece seems to me to be well written, but for me the production leaves something to be desired...at least as far as I can judge."

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

If the Hunter has Cold Hands... the hare doesn't have cold feet, plate 22 from Émotions De Chasse

If the Hunter has Cold Hands... the hare doesn't have cold feet, plate 22 from Émotions De Chasse

Honoré-Victorin Daumier, 1858

Inventory at a Widower's Home

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Honoré-Victorin Daumier, 1841