Honoré Daumier, 1861 - The Drinkers - fine art print
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Supplemental information by the museum (© - The Metropolitan Museum of Art - www.metmuseum.org)
This painting, which was first exhibited in Paris in 1861, bears a resemblance to an illustration by Daumier's contemporary Paul Gavarni that was published twenty years earlier. The escape that alcohol offered to the poor is typical of the social themes Daumier explored throughout his career. The first owner of this work was the landscape painter Charles Daubigny.
Background data about the original artwork
| Title of the piece of art: | "The Drinkers" |
| Classification of the work of art: | painting |
| General term: | modern art |
| Time: | 19th century |
| Year of creation: | 1861 |
| Artwork age: | more than 150 years |
| Original medium: | oil on wood |
| Original dimensions (artwork): | 14 3/8 x 11 in (36,5 x 27,9 cm) |
| Museum / location: | The Metropolitan Museum of Art |
| Museum location: | New York City, New York, United States of America |
| Museum's website: | The Metropolitan Museum of Art |
| Artwork license: | public domain |
| Courtesy of: | The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Bequest of Margaret Seligman Lewisohn, in memory of her husband, Sam A. Lewisohn, 1954 |
| Artwork creditline: | Bequest of Margaret Seligman Lewisohn, in memory of her husband, Sam A. Lewisohn, 1954 |
Brief overview of the artist
| Artist name: | Honoré Daumier |
| Gender of the artist: | male |
| Artist nationality: | French |
| Jobs of the artist: | painter |
| Home country: | France |
| Classification of the artist: | modern artist |
| Art styles: | Realism |
| Life span: | 71 years |
| Year born: | 1808 |
| Place of birth: | Marseilles |
| Year died: | 1879 |
| Deceased in (place): | Valmondois near Paris |
The product
| Article categorization: | art print |
| Method of reproduction: | digital reproduction |
| Production process: | UV print / digital printing |
| Product Origin: | Germany |
| Stock type: | on demand production |
| Intended usage: | wall gallery, home décor |
| Image alignment: | portrait format |
| Side ratio: | length to width 3 : 4 |
| Implication: | the length is 25% shorter than the width |
| Available material options: | poster print (canvas paper), canvas print, acrylic glass print (with real glass coating), metal print (aluminium dibond) |
| Canvas on stretcher frame (canvas print) variants: | 30x40cm - 12x16", 60x80cm - 24x31", 90x120cm - 35x47" |
| Acrylic glass print (with real glass coating) variants: | 30x40cm - 12x16", 60x80cm - 24x31", 90x120cm - 35x47" |
| Poster print (canvas paper): | 30x40cm - 12x16", 60x80cm - 24x31", 90x120cm - 35x47" |
| Aluminium print (aluminium dibond material) size variants: | 30x40cm - 12x16", 60x80cm - 24x31", 90x120cm - 35x47" |
| Framing of the artprint: | not available |
The product material options
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- Printed acrylic glass: An acrylic glass print, often named a UV print on plexiglass, will change the artwork into beautiful décor. Besides, it offers a viable alternative option to aluminium and canvas fine art prints. The acrylic glass protects your selected art print against sunlight and heat for up to 60 years.
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The artwork titled "The Drinkers" as your art print
In 1861 the male painter Honoré Daumier made the realist painting. The version of the masterpiece measures the size: 14 3/8 x 11 in (36,5 x 27,9 cm). Oil on wood was applied by the European artist as the medium of the work of art. Nowadays, the artpiece can be viewed in in the digital collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, which is one of the world's largest and finest art museums, which includes more than two million works of art spanning five thousand years of world culture, from prehistory to the present and from every part of the globe.. With courtesy of: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Bequest of Margaret Seligman Lewisohn, in memory of her husband, Sam A. Lewisohn, 1954 (licensed: public domain). : Bequest of Margaret Seligman Lewisohn, in memory of her husband, Sam A. Lewisohn, 1954. In addition to that, the alignment is in portrait format and has a ratio of 3 : 4, meaning that the length is 25% shorter than the width. Honoré Daumier was a painter, whose artistic style was primarily Realism. The European artist lived for a total of 71 years and was born in the year 1808 in Marseilles and died in the year 1879.
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