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The Emigrants is an oil on wood painting by the French realist painter Honoré Daumier. It was created c. 1852-1855 and is of small dimensions: 16.2 cm by 28.7 cm. It is held in the Petit Palais, in Paris. This painting is also known as The Fugitives.[1]
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| Artist | Honoré Daumier |
| Year | c. 1852-1855 |
| Medium | oil on wood |
| Dimensions | 16.2 cm × 28.7 cm (6.4 in × 11.3 in) |
| Location | Petit Palais, Paris |
History
After the workers' revolution of June 1848, the government of Louis Philippe reacted with strong repression, issuing death sentences, thousands of imprisonments and deportations to Algeria. Such events inspired Daumier on this painting, as well as a series of oil paintings, lithographs, and several reliefs titled The Emigrants, The Fugitives, and The Detainees.[2]
Description
The painting describes a group of political fugitives crossing a mountainous landscape, on feet and on horseback. A landscape of dunes is traversed by a column of curved, schematically, hardly recognizable, drawn figures. The chiaroscuro intensifies the drama of the scene. Daumier manages to convey desperation and anguish through this simple diagonal composition of yellow and brown tones. He manages to trace some contours with thick black lines.[2]
References
- The Emigrants, Petit Palais (French)
- Barbara Eschenburg and Ingeborg Güssow, "Romanticism and Realism" in The Masters of Western Painting, Taschen, 2005, p. 440, ISBN 3-8228-4744-5
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Los emigrantes es un cuadro del pintor realista francés Honoré Daumier. Data del periodo 1852-1855 y se trata de un óleo sobre madera de pequeñas dimensiones: 16,2 cm. de alto por 28,7 cm. de ancho. Se conserva en el Museo de Bellas Artes de París, Francia. A este cuadro también se le conoce como Los fugitivos. Después de la revolución obrera de junio de 1848, el gobierno de Luis Felipe reaccionó con una fuerte represión, con penas de muerte, miles de encarcelamientos y deportaciones a Argelia. Tales acontecimientos inspiraron a Daumier este cuadro, además de una serie de óleos, litografías y un relieve titulados Los emigrantes, Los fugitivos y Los detenidos.[1]Другой контент может иметь иную лицензию. Перед использованием материалов сайта WikiSort.org внимательно изучите правила лицензирования конкретных элементов наполнения сайта.
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