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Tuesday, February 9, 2010

Visual Art Currently Hanging: Honore Daumier

Posted by on Tue, Feb 9, 2010 at 9:25 AM

*Or this will be hanging this weekend at the Seattle Print Fair at Davidson Galleries.

This one's for Charles. Some people are city people, some people are country people. City people and country people have very different feelings about trains. They also, presumably, have very different feelings about Daumier.

Daumier, First train ride, series: Les Beaux Jours de la Vie for Le Charivari, 1846
  • Daumier, First train ride, series: Les Beaux Jours de la Vie for Le Charivari, 1846

 

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I grew up in the country. The anti-country sentiment shared by some people on Slog is insulting.
Posted by Sorterport on February 9, 2010 at 9:39 AM
2

Shows that rail can promote low density.

Go HSR.
Posted by Low Density Livin' on February 9, 2010 at 10:09 AM
3
For a second I thought this was a Mudede post.
Posted by keshmeshi on February 9, 2010 at 10:49 AM
Will in Seattle 4
They look happier than most Seattleites.
Posted by Will in Seattle http://www.facebook.com/WillSeattle on February 9, 2010 at 10:55 AM
Fool multitude 5
Hey! Where are their laptops and iPods? Man, travel in the 19th century sucked!
Posted by Fool multitude on February 9, 2010 at 11:49 AM
Fnarf 6
Some context: it was widely believed, when trains first became common, that traveling at such recklessly high speeds (as much as 30 MPH!) was dangerous to the health, even fatal; your brains would be scrambled, your blood flow away, your eyes fall out of your head, your uterus prolapse.
Posted by Fnarf http://www.facebook.com/fnarf on February 9, 2010 at 7:05 PM
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Great observation! Have a look at the youtube video "DAUMIER, a Caricaturist Travel Guide" at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U60N8XcjN…
Posted by daumier on February 10, 2010 at 5:20 AM

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