
Musical Notes by Honore Daumier
Prints from the Collection of Egon and Belle Gartenberg
Joyce Henri Robinson(Author)
Palmer Museum of Art (Publisher)
Published on 15. May 2002
Book
Paperback/Softback
24 pages
978-0-911209-47-1 (ISBN)
Description
A painter, sculptor, and printmaker, Honore Daumier (1808-1879) was one of the most prolific and important artists of nineteenth-century France. He played a leading role in shaping the new realism brought to the portrayal of everyday life, but he is now best known for the thousands of caricatures he published in magazines and newspapers such as Le Charivari, a daily with satirical articles and a wide circulation. Musical Notes by Honore Daumier, which accompanied an exhibition of prints from the Collection of Egon and Belle Gartenberg, focuses on Daumier's vivid records of the musical life of Paris. Although not himself a musician, Daumier had a keen interest in the amateur practice of the art as well as in grand opera and the celebrated performers and composers of his day.
Hector Berlioz, Franz Liszt, Gioacchino Rossini, and Niccolo Paganini are among the "greats" lampooned in the lithographs in Musical Notes by Honore Daumier. Other prints offer satirical glimpses into the music making of everyday Parisians-from squawking clarinets to flirtatious piano teachers and straining tenors. In these lithographs, as in most of the prints Daumier produced during his long career, he discloses the foibles and follies of a society facing rapid changes in its cultural norms.
Hector Berlioz, Franz Liszt, Gioacchino Rossini, and Niccolo Paganini are among the "greats" lampooned in the lithographs in Musical Notes by Honore Daumier. Other prints offer satirical glimpses into the music making of everyday Parisians-from squawking clarinets to flirtatious piano teachers and straining tenors. In these lithographs, as in most of the prints Daumier produced during his long career, he discloses the foibles and follies of a society facing rapid changes in its cultural norms.
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Language
English
Place of publication
University Park
United States
Publishing group
Pennsylvania State University Press
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
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Paperback (trade)
Dimensions
Height: 279 mm
Width: 216 mm
Thickness: 5 mm
Weight
127 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-911209-47-1 (9780911209471)
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Joyce Henri Robinson is Curator at the Palmer Museum of Art and Affiliate Associate Professor of Art History at The Pennsylvania State University.