Artwork
Une reine se préparant a une grande tirade
Une reine se préparant a une grande tirade is an ink print by the Impressionist artist Honoré Daumier. It dates from 1856 and is held in the collection of the National Gallery of Art.
About this work
Overview
Une reine se préparant à une grande tirade is a lithograph print by Honoré Daumier, depicting a theatrical scene.
Subject & Meaning
The print shows a queen preparing to perform, surrounded by an audience with simplified facial features, drawing attention to the central figure and heightening the dramatic tension.
Technique & Style
The use of simple faces for the audience was a common technique at the time, allowing the viewer's focus to be drawn to the main subject, and is characteristic of Daumier's style.
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 mère de la débutante
Le mère d ela chanteuse
V'la une p'tite femme qu'est pas paresseuse ...
Un rappel de chanteuse ...
Une méprise a l'odéon ...
Rappelès avec enthousiasme! ...
Dites-donc Baptiste ...
Ayant éprouvé le besoin de se rafraichir avec ...
En contemplation devant le vaisseau de l'opera
Un directeur de n'importe quel theatre