Oil on canvas, Trial, Contempt of Court by Gaston HOFFMANN
Oil on canvas, Trial, Contempt of Court by Gaston HOFFMANN
5.800,00 €
HOFFMANN Gaston 1883-1977
In this scene entitled "Trial: Contempt of Court" by Gaston Hoffmann,
The artist captures a theatrical and almost absurd moment in a courtroom.
A young woman stands center stage, opening her garment toward the court, while the judges, shocked and bewildered, react strongly to this gesture.
The atmosphere is electric, papers fly around the judge's desk, some judges lean forward in dramatic and grotesque postures, their mouths open in expressions of surprise or dismay.
The scene is strongly reminiscent of the caricatures of Honoré Daumier, famous for his satirical critiques of the social and judicial institutions of his time.
He will perform several variations of this scene.
Further information
| Dimensions | 26 × 24 inches |
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HOFFMANN Gaston
Born on January 12, 1883 in Paris Died in Metz in 1977
Originally from Lorraine by his mother, he lived in Metz and studied at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris in 1902, where he was a student of Léon Bonnat and Luc-Olivier Merson; at the Académie Julian of Jules Lefebvre (for engraving) and T. Robert-Fleury, at the Beaux-Arts in Nancy, he was a student of Jules Larcher.
Gaston Hoffmann exhibited regularly at the Salon des Artistes Français from 1905 onwards, as well as at the Salon des Comiques.
