Minneapolis Institute of Art
Water nymphs of the Seine
Honoré Daumier
- Date
- 1847
- Medium
- Lithograph
- Department
- European Art
- Institution
- Minneapolis Institute of Art
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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