Water nymphs of the Seine

Minneapolis Institute of Art

Water nymphs of the Seine

Honoré DaumierLinkedCulture matchlcp-92178c4e8b85

Date
1847
Medium
Lithograph
Department
European Art
Institution
Minneapolis Institute of Art
Object ID
69312

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The large woman in the foreground floats faire la planche (literally to make like a board). This skill was taught by swimming teachers in the public bathhouses set up along the Seine in Paris. Daumier's water nymphs are a far cry from the mythological creatures that frolicked near fountains and streams; his figures swim with expressions of intense concentration and spew river water as they paddle about, fully covered by their bathing costumes. France, Europe

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Bequest of Mrs. Charles S. Pillsbury, 1958

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