Artwork
Nouveaux chapeaux de dames ...
Nouveaux chapeaux de dames ... is an ink print by the Impressionist artist Honoré Daumier. It dates from 1855 and is held in the collection of the National Gallery of Art.
About this work
Overview
Nouveaux chapeaux de dames is a lithograph by Honoré Daumier, showcasing a fashionable couple in a park setting.
Subject & Meaning
The print features a stylish couple displaying their attire, with oversized hats and exaggerated facial features, particularly large noses, potentially satirizing their social standing and the societal norms of 19th-century France.
Technique & Style
Daumier's use of lithography allowed for the mass production of the image, while the caricatured features of the subjects reflect his characteristic style, which often employed exaggeration to comment on contemporary society.
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.
Le rues de Paris dans les premiers jours de Septembre ...
Ce n'est pas sous l"empire qu'on aurait dansé comme ca! ...
Mr et Mme Prudohomme revenant de la foire ...
Ce ne sont plus des femmes, ce sont des ballons
Modes du printemps de 1855
Actualités: Dis donc Madame Miroton il paraitrait que c'est nous qui donnons le ton à Longchamps cette année....
Je me dis en moi-même
Il admire les beautés de la nature - Plaine St. Denis