Artwork
Une Rencontre en pleine eau
Une Rencontre en pleine eau is an ink print by the Romanticist artist Honoré Daumier. It dates from 1843 and is held in the collection of the National Gallery of Art.
About this work
Overview
Une Rencontre en pleine eau is a lithograph on newsprint created by Honoré Daumier in 1843. It is a satirical print that exemplifies Daumier's work as a caricaturist and printmaker during the July Monarchy and Second Republic.
Subject & Meaning
The print depicts a confrontation on water, featuring four men in a scene that likely comments on class or power dynamics through visual exaggeration. The image shows a busy dockside moment with people talking and going about their day.
Technique & Style
Daumier employed quick, sketchy lines to convey movement and conversation in the scene. The lithograph's style is characteristic of Daumier's satirical work, using visual elements to critique social hierarchies.
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.
Un homme a la mer
C'est bien décidé ... Je ne chasserai plus avec vous! ...
Descendant joyeusement le fleuve de la vie
Cristi! ... Notre canot a rompu son amarre ...
Combat Naval
M. Prud'homme ... Je ne sais pas si ...
Monsieur Prudhomme ... Je me noie! ...
Ca mord, quelle chance! Je vous défends ...
Descendant joyeusement le fleuve de la vie
Archimède démontrant aux ingènieurs anglais ...
Ce qu'on appelle les plasirs du turf
Une Rencontre en pleine eau