Original link: https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/dailyartartwork/img-20220923632d60a3c4ee1
Today’s paintings are full of reverie. It shows a group of mourners walking down the Avenue de Clichy. At first glance, the figures are dressed in elegant black mourning; the men wear top hats and the women wear deep lace veils. But a closer look reveals that these people are not wealthy. The man in the front right is wearing an ill-fitting jacket, ridiculously high trousers, and frayed shoes; he lit a cigar in the street in a rude manner. Other weary mourners trudged under the damp grey sky; apparently the rain had just stopped.
In 1876, when the painting was exhibited at the Paris Salon, Jean Bihou was only 27 years old and had been a painter for three years. Bihou knew very well the area he painted in Leaving the Cemetery of Montmartre; his daily life as an art student took him from Place Pigalle to the Boulevard Clichy and next to the cemetery. Bihou is known for his numerous paintings depicting Parisian life and Parisian social nightlife. The images of the Champs-Élysées, the cafés, Montmartre and the banks of the Seine are the elaboration of everyday life in Parisian Belle Époque.
Dear DailyArt users, we need to develop a new DailyArt application. The one you’re using now is a bit outdated and doesn’t work well for users with up to 22 languages. Please donate generously and help us secure DailyArt’s future.
PS Halloween is coming, want to see more masterpieces that bring contemplation? This is “The Funeral of Ornans” by Gustave Courbet.
66 x 53.3 cm
private collection
This article is reprinted from: https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/dailyartartwork/img-20220923632d60a3c4ee1
This site is for inclusion only, and the copyright belongs to the original author.