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Exhibition: Daumier 1808-1879: Visions Of Paris
The French artist Honore Daumier may have been the artisan outsider in the elite art world of the mid-19th century. But, as a new exhibition of his work shows, he was not only a brilliant painter of social and political themes but a figure whose work influenced future radical practice, says CHRISTINE LINDEY
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PETER MASON is exhilarated by an exciting, well-considered and historically minded tribute to the great Trinidadian instrument
Reducing historical lives to ‘male’ and ‘female’ roles, we lose the nuance of those lives and a clearer understanding of past societies, suggests CLAIRE ISABELLA GILMOUR
CHRIS SEARLE relishes the genius of pianist Alexander Hawkins, his many ensembles, and his new album
Daumier 1808-1879: Visions Of Paris
Royal Academy London WC1
Honore Daumier (1808-1879) consistently supported the left's anti-clericalist, anti-monarchist and anti-imperialist struggles for democracy and social justice.
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