Audience in art: paintings, drawings and prints

A picador caught by a bull, from the "Bulls of Bordeaux", Francisco de Goya

A picador caught by a bull, from the "Bulls of Bordeaux", 1825.

A picador caught by a bull, from the "Bulls of Bordeaux" (museum title)

Francisco de Goya (Spanish), crayon lithograph, scraper

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Mariano Ceballos riding a bull, from the 'Bulls of Bordeaux', Francisco de Goya

Mariano Ceballos riding a bull, from the 'Bulls of Bordeaux', 1825.

Mariano Ceballos riding a bull, from the 'Bulls of Bordeaux' (museum title)

Francisco de Goya (Spanish), crayon lithograph, scraper

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Chariot Race, 1876.

Chariot Race (museum title)

Jean-Léon Gérôme (French), oil on wood

Art Institute of Chicago, United States

Connoisseurs of Prints, 1905.

Connoisseurs of Prints (museum title)

John Sloan (American), etching

Minneapolis Institute of Art, United States

Scene of the Tribunal (The Verdict), Honoré Daumier

Scene of the Tribunal (The Verdict), c. 1865–1867.

Scene of the Tribunal (The Verdict) (museum title)

Honoré Daumier (French), pen and ink over charcoal, pieced on laid paper and laid down

National Gallery of Art, United States

VIII. Saluant le Public, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec

VIII. Saluant le Public, 1898.

VIII. Saluant le Public (museum title)

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (French), lithograph printed with beige tint stone on laid paper

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

The Melodrama, c. 1860.

Le Mélodrame (museum title)

Honoré Daumier (French), oil on canvas

Bavarian State Painting Collections, Germany

An author in the pillory. With an allusion to Corporal Sigvard Lycke, Nicolai Abildgaard

An author in the pillory. With an allusion to Corporal Sigvard Lycke, 1787.

En forfatter i gabestokken. Med hentydning til korporal… (museum title)

Nicolai Abildgaard (Danish), drawing

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

The Neruda Quartet. Sketch for Music in the Studio, Peder Severin Krøyer

The Neruda Quartet. Sketch for Music in the Studio, 1886.

Nerudakvartetten. Skisse til Musikk i atelieret (museum title)

Peder Severin Krøyer (Danish), oil on wood

National Museum of Norway

Theater Box, 1885.

Theater Box (museum title)

Edgar Degas (French)

Hammer Museum, United States

Isle of Brechou, Sark, 1929.

Isle of Brechou, Sark (museum title)

Rhona Haszard (New Zealander), oil on canvas

Dunedin Public Art Gallery, New Zealand

The Clown, c. 1898–1899.

De hansworst (museum title)

Henri Evenepoel (Belgian), oil on canvas

Museum of Fine Arts, Ghent (MSK Gent), Belgium

Anshutz on Anatomy, 1912.

Anshutz on Anatomy (museum title)

John Sloan (American), etching

Minneapolis Institute of Art, United States

The Strong Man, c. 1865.

The Strong Man (museum title)

Honoré Daumier (French)

Phillips Collection, United States

Plate 15 from "La Tauromaquia": The famous Martincho places the banderillas playing the bull with the movement of his body, Francisco de Goya

Plate 15 from "La Tauromaquia": The famous Martincho places the banderillas playing the bull with the movement of his body, 1816.

Plate 15 from "La Tauromaquia": The famous Martincho places… (museum title)

Francisco de Goya (Spanish), etching, burnished aquatint, drypoint, burin

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Professor of Zoology Japetus Steenstrup Giving a Lecture, Peder Severin Krøyer

Professor of Zoology Japetus Steenstrup Giving a Lecture, 1895.

Professor i zoologi, Japetus Steenstrup holder foredrag (museum title)

Peder Severin Krøyer (Danish), oil on canvas

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Yvette Guilbert-English Series: Saluant le public, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec

Yvette Guilbert-English Series: Saluant le public, 1898.

Yvette Guilbert-English Series: Saluant le public (museum title)

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (French), lithograph

Cleveland Museum of Art, United States

Crowd in a Park; page 31 from the "Images of Spain" album (F), Francisco de Goya

Crowd in a Park; page 31 from the "Images of Spain" album (F), c. 1812–1820.

Crowd in a Park; page 31 from the "Images of Spain" album… (museum title)

Francisco de Goya (Spanish), brush, bistre and brown ink wash, traces of black chalk

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Bowing to the Audience (Saluant le public), Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec

Bowing to the Audience (Saluant le public), 1898.

Bowing to the Audience (Saluant le public) (museum title)

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (French), print

National Gallery of Art, Washington, United States

Phryne Going to the Public Baths as Venus: Demosthenes Taunted by Aeschines, J. M. W. Turner

Phryne Going to the Public Baths as Venus: Demosthenes Taunted by Aeschines, 1838.

Phryne Going to the Public Baths as Venus: Demosthenes… (museum title)

J. M. W. Turner (British), oil on canvas

Tate Britain, United Kingdom

Spanish Entertainment from the 'Bulls of Bordeaux', Francisco de Goya

Spanish Entertainment from the 'Bulls of Bordeaux', 1825.

Spanish Entertainment from the 'Bulls of Bordeaux' (museum title)

Francisco de Goya (Spanish), lithograph

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Studie van vijf mannenkoppen in een menigte ('Spectateurs au Théâtre'), Honoré Daumier

Studie van vijf mannenkoppen in een menigte ('Spectateurs au Théâtre'), c. 1870.

Studie van vijf mannenkoppen in een menigte ('Spectateurs… (museum title)

Honoré Daumier (French), charcoal, pen and black ink

Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Netherlands

Portrait of Theater Director Bjørn Bjørnson, Erik Werenskiold

Portrait of Theater Director Bjørn Bjørnson, 1910.

Teatersjef Bjørn Bjørnson i Nationaltheatret (museum title)

Erik Werenskiold (Norwegian), oil on canvas

National Museum of Norway

Spectators in the Theatre, Honoré Daumier

Spectators in the Theatre, c. 1865.

Une loge au théâtre (museum title)

Honoré Daumier (French)

Hamburger Kunsthalle, Germany

Plate 20 from "La Tauromaquia": The agility and audacity of Juanito Apiñani in [the ring] at Madrid, Francisco de Goya

Plate 20 from "La Tauromaquia": The agility and audacity of Juanito Apiñani in [the ring] at Madrid, 1816.

Plate 20 from "La Tauromaquia": The agility and audacity of… (museum title)

Francisco de Goya (Spanish), etching, aquatint

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Le Défenseur (Counsel for the Defense), Honoré Daumier

Le Défenseur (Counsel for the Defense), c. 1862–1865.

Le Défenseur (Counsel for the Defense) (museum title)

Honoré Daumier (French), pen and black ink, charcoal, crayon, and watercolor on laid paper

National Gallery of Art, United States

The Free Pardon, 1860–1865.

De kwijtschelding (museum title)

Honoré Daumier (French), oil on canvas

Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Netherlands

The Spectators, c. 1860–1864.

The Spectators (museum title)

Honoré Daumier (French), charcoal on off-white wove paper

Art Institute of Chicago, United States

French Theater, c. 1856.

French Theater (museum title)

Honoré Daumier (French), oil on wood

National Gallery of Art, United States

Messalina, 1881.

Messalina (museum title)

Peder Severin Krøyer (Danish), oil on canvas

Gothenburg Museum of Art, Sweden

Bullfight in a divided ring, from the 'Bulls of Bordeaux', Francisco de Goya

Bullfight in a divided ring, from the 'Bulls of Bordeaux', 1825.

Bullfight in a divided ring, from the 'Bulls of Bordeaux' (museum title)

Francisco de Goya (Spanish), lithograph

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Wrestling Barrack at a Fair, Henri Evenepoel

Wrestling Barrack at a Fair, 1898.

Barak met worstelaars (museum title)

Henri Evenepoel (Belgian), oil on canvas

Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp (KMSKA), Belgium

At the Concert Parisien, 1887–1888.

At the Concert Parisien (museum title)

Georges Seurat (French), conté crayon heightened with white chalk on paper

Cleveland Museum of Art, United States

Melbourne gaol in sunlight from the Public Library grounds, Frederick McCubbin

Melbourne gaol in sunlight from the Public Library grounds, 1884.

Melbourne gaol in sunlight from the Public Library grounds (museum title)

Frederick McCubbin (Australian), oil on canvas

State Library Victoria, Australia

Variety Show, 1887.

Variété (museum title)

Richard Bergh (Swedish), oil on panel

Thiel Gallery, Sweden

Yvette Guilbert: Saluant le public, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec

Yvette Guilbert: Saluant le public, 1898.

Yvette Guilbert: Saluant le public (museum title)

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (French), lithograph

Cleveland Museum of Art, United States

The River at Beaulieu

The River at Beaulieu (museum title)

Frits Thaulow (Norwegian), oil on canvas

Reading Public Museum, United States

Pleitende advocaat ('L'Argument décisif'), Honoré Daumier

Pleitende advocaat ('L'Argument décisif'), c. 1860–1870.

Pleitende advocaat ('L'Argument décisif') (museum title)

Honoré Daumier (French), black chalk, pen and black ink, black and gray wash

Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Netherlands

The Loge (In the Theatre Boxes), Honoré Daumier

The Loge (In the Theatre Boxes), c. 1856–1857.

The Loge (In the Theatre Boxes) (museum title)

Honoré Daumier (French), oil on wood

Walters Art Museum, United States

Lisbeth as the Evil Princess in the Fairy Tale "Fågel Blå" by P.D.A. Atterbom, Carl Larsson

Lisbeth as the Evil Princess in the Fairy Tale "Fågel Blå" by P.D.A. Atterbom, 1900.

Lisbeth as the Evil Princess in the Fairy Tale "Fågel Blå"… (museum title)

Carl Larsson (Swedish)

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

The Box, 1899.

De loge (museum title)

Henri Evenepoel (Belgian), etching

Musea Brugge, Belgium

Le Chahut (Study I), 1889.

Étude Pour "Le Chahut" (museum title)

Georges Seurat (French), oil on canvas

Albright-Knox Art Gallery, United States

Decline of Drama in 1866, Honoré Daumier

Decline of Drama in 1866, 1866.

Décadence du drame en 1866 (museum title)

Honoré Daumier (French), lithograph on newsprint

National Gallery of Art, United States

The Side Show (La Parade), Honoré Daumier

The Side Show (La Parade), 1865–1867.

The Side Show (La Parade) (museum title)

Honoré Daumier (French), pen and black ink and brush and gray wash, with charcoal, on ivory laid paper (discolored to cream)

Art Institute of Chicago, United States

Une Discussion littéraire a la deuxième Galerie, Honoré Daumier

Une Discussion littéraire a la deuxième Galerie, 1864.

Une Discussion littéraire a la deuxième Galerie (museum title)

Honoré Daumier (French), lithograph

National Gallery of Art, United States

Carnaval à Nice, 1921.

Carnaval à Nice (museum title)

Henri Matisse (French), oil on canvas

Kunstmuseum Bern, Switzerland

A nobleman and a peasant on a seesaw. The first is tossed up into the air, Nicolai Abildgaard

A nobleman and a peasant on a seesaw. The first is tossed up into the air, 1787.

En adelig herre og en bonde på en vippe. Den første bliver… (museum title)

Nicolai Abildgaard (Danish), pencil, brush and grey Indian ink

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Music in the studio, Peder Severin Krøyer

Music in the studio, 1886.

Musikk i atelieret (museum title)

Peder Severin Krøyer (Danish), oil on canvas

National Museum of Norway

Lane Throwing a Man out of the Abbey, William Orpen

Lane Throwing a Man out of the Abbey, 1907.

Lane Throwing a Man out of the Abbey (museum title)

William Orpen (Irish), ink on paper

National Gallery of Ireland

Auditorium of the old Burgtheater, Gustav Klimt

Auditorium of the old Burgtheater, 1888.

Auditorium of the old Burgtheater (museum title)

Gustav Klimt (Austrian), gouache on paper

Wien Museum, Austria