At the Universal Exhibition: The producer of felt hats.
1867
World's fair series continues with focus on industrial products and their proud manufacturers, showing Daumier's fascination with the spectacle of international exhibitions and commercial display.
- Medium
- wood engraving
- Location
- Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
Spotted works by Honoré Daumier
Artists in conversation
Gustave Doré
French · b. 1832
Doré was a master of wood engraving who documented the social spectacle of 19th century life with sharp observational wit. His detailed monochrome engravings capturing crowds and commercial urban scenes share the same satirical documentary spirit as this World's Fair piece.
William Hogarth
British · b. 1697
Hogarth pioneered satirical genre scenes that exposed the vanities and pretensions of commercial society through detailed figural compositions in monochrome print media. His focus on proud tradespeople and the spectacle of social display mirrors Daumier's treatment of the self important hat manufacturer.
Charles Keene
British · b. 1823
Keene was a prolific illustrator and engraver whose witty social commentary prints for Punch magazine depicted ordinary tradespeople and bourgeois figures with the same dry humor and incisive line work seen in Daumier's exhibition satires. His monochrome genre scenes of proud working figures are strikingly similar in tone and technique.
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