Who created "Street Musicians"?

Street Musicians was created by Style of Honoré Victorin Daumier in c. 1855.

When was "Street Musicians" created?

This artwork was created c. 1855.

What medium is "Street Musicians"?

Street Musicians is Oil on panel.

Street Musicians

Style of Honoré Victorin Daumier

c. 1855

Medium

Oil on panel

Dimensions

26 × 32.4 cm (10 1/4 × 12 3/4 in.); Framed: 43.9 × 50.8 × 5.8 cm (17 1/4 × 20 × 2 1/4 in.)

Classification

painting

Department

Painting and Sculpture of Europe

Museum

Art Institute of Chicago

Accession Number

80571

Art Historical Context

In the bustling streets of mid-19th-century Paris, Honoré Daumier captured the raw humanity of everyday life, and *Street Musicians*, painted in the style of this masterful French artist around 1855, exemplifies his unflinching gaze on the urban underclass. Executed in oil on panel—a compact, portable medium favored for sketches and intimate studies—this small work (26 × 32.4 cm) invites viewers into a poignant scene of itinerant performers, likely evoking the hardships of the working poor amid France's industrial boom. Daumier, a pioneer of Realism, blended caricature's sharp wit with painte...

Street Musicians

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