Allerlei soorten voertuigen (3)
1830
Medium
lithography
Dimensions
346; 262
About this artwork
height 262 mm x width 346 mm
Art Historical Context
Victor Adam's *Allerlei soorten voert (3)*, created in 1830, is a charming lithograph measuring 262 mm high by 346 mm wide. Translated from Dutch as "All Kinds of Vehicles (3 this work is the third in a series by the French artist, who was renowned for his lively depictions of everyday life, horses, and transportation during the early 19th century., active in Paris amid the July Monarchy, captured the bustling energy of urban streets through detailed illustrations that celebrated the era's mechanical ingenuity. Lithography, the medium here, was a revolutionary printmaking technique invented j...
About the Artist
Victor Adam · 1801–1866
Victor Adam was born in Paris in 1801 and built a prolific and commercially successful career as one of the leading lithographers and illustrators of nineteenth-century France. He received a conventional academic training in painting, but it was the new medium of lithography — still in its first decades of widespread use when Adam came of age — that provided the ideal vehicle for his gifts: a faci...