Charles’s work is defined by its painter sensibility — an enduring influence on generations that followed. Most artists are dead; following is a declaration of love.
Physiology of Drinking: The Four Ages
Charles Maurand (French, 1824-1904) after Honoré Victorin Daumier (French, 1808-1879) printed by François Louis Schmied (Swiss, 1873-1941) published by Jules Meynial (French, 20th century)
The Street Singers
Charles Maurand (French, 1824-1904) after Honoré Victorin Daumier (French, 1808-1879) prints eventually published in Le Monde illustré (French, founded 1856)
The Auction House: The Auctioneer
Interior of a Bus
Painter and the Bourgeois
Box Office
Painting Experts
The Auction House: The Expert
Le Boulevard des Italiens, from Tirage Unique de Trente-Six Bois
Boulevard du Temple à minuit, from Tirage Unique de Trente-Six Bois
Train de plaisir, dix degrés d'ennui et de mauvaise humeur, from Tirage Unique de Trente-Six Bois
Le couplet final, from Tirage Unique de Trente-Six Bois
Photographes et photographiés, from Tirage Unique de Trente-Six Bois
Preview at the Auction House Drouot
At the Universal Exhibition: Security check at the entrance: the bald need to lift their hats, and the the short-sighted need to remove their glasses
At the Universal Exhibition: The producer of felt hats. Here you can see a live rabbit, which I will dump into the machine like that…..
Les amateurs de tableaux à l'hôtel Bouillon, from Tirage Unique de Trente-Six Bois
Un bureau d'attente d'omnibus, from Tirage Unique de Trente-Six Bois