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Collecting Engravings, ca. 1870 - ca. 1873

  • oil paint, canvas
  • 40.9 x 33.2 cm
  • Inv. 1913-Q

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Honoré Daumier is mainly known as a draughtsman and lithographer. There are almost four thousand known prints by this artist. In his prints Daumier criticized the bourgeoisie of his era or poked gentle fun at the lower social classes. Daumier felt that oils were a time-consuming way of painting; thus many of his paintings remained unfinished. His favourite subjects include scenes from daily life and portraits of artists and lawyers. Daumier also enjoyed the theme of Prints collectors, a theme which he covered repeatedly. The Ghent study is dated approximately around 1870-1873, a period during which the artist preferred airy brush strokes and theatrical light effects. His attention was mainly drawn to the expressive posture of the art lovers.

Artist

Honoré Daumier RKD VIAF Wikidata
Marseille 1808 - Valmondois 1879
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Title Collecting Engravings
Date ca. 1870 - ca. 1873
Period 19th century
Location France TGN
Collection paintings AAT
Object type oil paintings (visual works) AAT
Inventory number 1913-Q
Acquisition credit gift
The Friends of the Museum
Ghent
1913
Current whereabouts Work on display
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IIIF Manifest https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/595/manifest.json
Art & Architecture Thesaurus 300189808 figures (representations) AAT
300124520 interior views AAT
Keywords Iconclass 31A231 standing figure Iconclass
31A71 male sex; man Iconclass
31B6212 looking downwards Iconclass
31D14 adult man Iconclass
41A2 interior of the house Iconclass
41A733 chest, coffer Iconclass
48A811 art collector Iconclass
48C533 print, e.g.: engraving, etching, lithograph Iconclass
School / Style realism (artistic form of expression) AAT
Catalogus van het Museum van Schoone Kunsten Gent : II: Moderne Meesters / Georges Chabot, Fritz Van Loo. - Gent : Ad. Hoste, 1932 (p. 53)
Honoré Daumier (Fonds Richard de Moor). - [s.l.] : [s.n.], [s.a.]
Daumier : Etude biographique et critique / Claude Roy. - Genève : Editions d'Art Albert Skira, 1971
Honoré Daumier : Catalogue Raisonné of the Paintings Watercolors and Drawings ; Volume I: The Paintings ; Volume II: The Watercolours and Drawings / K.E. Maison. - San Francisco : Alan Wofsy Fine Arts, 1996 (p. 180, nr. I-235, 106 (ill.))
De vrienden van Scribe : De Europese smaak van een Gents mecenas (tentoonstelling Gent, Museum voor Schone Kunsten, 12 december 1998 - 14 maart 1999) / Monique Tahon-Vanroose, Robert Hoozee. - Gent : Snoeck-Ducaju & Zoon, 1998 ; Antwerpen : Pandora, 1998 (p. 59, 63 (ill.), 158 (ill.))
Daumier 1808-1879 (exposition Ottawa, Musée des Beaux-Arts de Canada, 11.06.1999-06.09.1999 ; Paris, Galeries Nationales du Grand Palais, 05.10.1999-03.01.2000 ; Washington, The Philips Collection, 19.02.2000-14.05.2000) / Henri Loyrette, Dominique Lobstein, Michael Pantazzi, Ségolène Le Men, Édouard Papet. - Paris : Éditions de la Réunion des musées nationaux, 1999 (p. 22-31)
200 jaar verzamelen : Collectieboek Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent / Arnout Balis, Robert Hoozee, Maximiliaan P.J. Martens, Paul Van Haute. - Gent : Ludion, 2000 (p. 268 (ill. 83))
French Paintings of the Nineteenth Century : Part I: Before Impressionism (National Gallery of Art, Washington) / Lorenz Eitner. - Washington : National Gallery of Art (Washington), 2000 (p. 173-179)
Flemish Paintings of the Seventeenth Century (National Gallery of Art, Washington) / Arthur K. (jr.) Wheelock. - Washington : National Gallery of Art (Washington), 2005
French Paintings of the Fifteenth through the Eighteenth Century (National Gallery of Art, Washington) / Philip Conisbee, Richard Rand, Joseph Baillio, Gail Feigenbaum, Frances Gage. - Washington : National Gallery of Art (Washington), 2009
Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent : Catalogus schilderkunst ; Deel I: 14de - 18de eeuw ; Deel II: 19de - 20ste eeuw / Robert Hoozee, Johan De Smet, Bruno Fornari, Ruth Monteyne. - Gent : Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent, 2007 (dl. II, p. 16 (ill.), 124-125 (ill.))
Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent : De collectie (tentoonstelling vanaf 21 maart 2021) / Johan De Smet, Bart Ooghe, Frederica Van Dam, Lieven Van Den Abeele, Cathérine Verleysen. - Gent : Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent, 2021
Musée des Beaux-Arts de Gand : La Collection (exposition dès le 21 mars 2021) / Johan De Smet, Bart Ooghe, Frederica Van Dam, Lieven Van Den Abeele, Cathérine Verleysen. - Gand : Musée des Beaux-Arts de Gand, 2021
onder vrienden : 225 jaar verzamelaars rond het Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent (tentoonstelling Gent, Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent, 25.11.2023 - 28.04.2024) / Johan De Smet, Frederica Van Dam, Willy Van der Gucht, Manfred Sellink. - Gent : Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent, 2023 ; Gent : De Vrienden van het Museum, 2023 (cover; p. 39, cat. 43 (ill.))
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