The fame of Daumier’s satirical prints makes it easy to forget that he was also a remarkable painter. Even his contemporaries were unaware of that, or failed to appreciate him properly, apart from a few like Corot and Degas. A caricaturist employs simplification and exaggeration. These are also found in his paintings: even a washerwoman with a small child takes on an air of grandeur.
Specifications
| Title | Street Scene |
|---|---|
| Material and technique | Oil on panel |
| Object type |
Painting
> Painting
> Two-dimensional object
> Art object
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| Location | This object is in storage |
| Dimensions |
Height 27 cm Width 21,3 cm |
|---|---|
| Artists |
Painter:
Honoré Daumier
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| Accession number | 2595 (OK) |
| Credits | Acquired with the collection of D.G. Van Beuningen, 1958 |
| Department | Old Masters |
| Acquisition date | 1958 |
| Creation date | in circa 1864 |
| Collector | Collector / D.G. van Beuningen |
| Internal exhibitions |
The Collection Enriched (2011) De collectie als tijdmachine (2017) |
| External exhibitions |
Boijmans bij de Buren - Meesterlijk! (2019) |
| Material | |
| Object | |
| Place of manufacture | France > Western Europe > Europe |
All about the artist
Honoré Daumier
Marseille 1808 - Valmondois 1879
Honoré Daumier worked as a satirical cartoonist for 'La Caricature', a magazine that was founded in 1830. He was thrown into prison in 1832 when he depicted...
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