Who painted Vous yoyez ici les grandes célébrités...?

Vous yoyez ici les grandes célébrités... was painted by Honoré Daumier in 1839.

Where can I see Vous yoyez ici les grandes célébrités...?

Vous yoyez ici les grandes célébrités... is held by National Gallery of Art.

What movement is Vous yoyez ici les grandes célébrités...?

Vous yoyez ici les grandes célébrités... is associated with Romanticism.

Artwork

Vous yoyez ici les grandes célébrités...

Honoré Daumier , 1839

Vous yoyez ici les grandes célébrités... is an ink print by the Romanticist artist Honoré Daumier. It dates from 1839 and is held in the collection of the National Gallery of Art. Vous yoyez ici les grandes célébrités.

About this work

The artist exaggerated the audience's faces—some bored, some rapt—to mock high-society taste.

This lithograph shows a man on stage pointing to sheet music while a crowd watches. The artist exaggerated the audience's faces—some bored, some rapt—to mock high-society taste. It’s a sharp jab at Paris’s theater scene in 1839.

Daumier used bold lines and quick shading to make the moment feel alive. He often targeted hypocrites in power through cartoons like this one.

Check out more Daumier at the National Gallery of Art, Washington.

Overview

Vous yoyez ici les grandes célébrités... is a 1839 lithograph by Honoré Daumier, satirizing the theatricality of Parisian high society.

Subject & Meaning

The print depicts a man on stage pointing to a sheet of music, while an audience reacts with varied expressions, from boredom to rapt attention, serving as a commentary on public figures and societal taste.

Technique & Style

Daumier employed bold lines and rapid shading to capture the scene's energy, using caricature to critique the hypocrisy of those in power.

Context

Created in 1839, the lithograph targets the Paris theater scene, reflecting Daumier's ongoing commentary on the social issues of his time.

Artist & collection

Artist

Honoré Daumier

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.