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Paul Gavarni



 


 
Paul Gavarni

(b Paris, 13 Jan 1804; d Paris, 24 Nov 1866).

French lithographer and painter. He was one of the most highly esteemed artists of the 19th century. Like Daumier, with whom he is often compared, he produced around 4000 lithographs for satirical journals and fashion magazines, but while Daumier concentrated on giving a panoramic view of public life, it was said of Gavarni that his work constituted the ‘memoirs of the private life of the 19th century’. He specialized in genre scenes, in which the protagonists are usually young women, treating them as little dramatic episodes drawn from the light-hearted life of bohemia, dear to the Romantics.

 




 

The Barmaid



 


Head of an Old Man


 

The Porter




 

Peasant Girl




 

Two Peasants




 

Woodcutter

 

 

Woman Supporting a Man

 

 
 

Peasant Woman with Two Young Children




 

Old Woman


 

 

Young Artist Asleep by a Stream