Artwork
Musiciens jouant pendant douze heures ...
Musiciens jouant pendant douze heures ... is an ink print by the Impressionist artist Honoré Daumier. It dates from 1865 and is held in the collection of the National Gallery of Art.
About this work
Overview
Musiciens jouant pendant douze heures is a lithograph by Honoré Daumier, capturing a lively festival scene.
Subject & Meaning
The print depicts a boisterous band with exaggerated features, performing for a crowd that is clapping and laughing, conveying the joyous atmosphere of the event.
Technique & Style
Daumier's characteristic use of rough, expressive lines brings the scene to life, while the caricatured musicians and onlookers add a humorous tone to the work.
Context
The lithograph is a commentary on the behavior of people at social gatherings, using humor to observe and critique the scene.
Artist & collection
Artist
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.
La dêroute!
Les personnes de l'aimable société qui ...
Sur l'Impériale
L'empereur soulouque ...
Rentrée des Capucins dans ... Paris
Les comédiens de société
Villageois économes se contentant ... (recto); A la campagne, pas de grèves de cochers ... (verso)
La descente de la courtille en 1855
L'incomparable somnabule