Singers (1863–1868): Art, History and Details

Singers (1863–1868) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection. The museum's creator attribution is Théodule Ribot (French, 1823–1891).

The work and its context

The museum's open-access catalogue describes the work:

Ribot participated in a loosely defined artistic movement known as Realism, which sought to depict the gritty lives of workers and peasants. Often dark in tone and somber in mood, Realist paintings focused attention on social problems. Poor singers like these could be seen on the streets of Paris, but pictures of such singers were already a long-established theme in art history.

Object facts

• Title: Singers
• Date: 1863–1868
• Creator attribution: Théodule Ribot (French, 1823–1891)
• Culture: France, 19th century
• Type: Painting
• Technique: oil on fabric
• Dimensions: Framed: 88.9 x 75.6 x 6.8 cm (35 x 29 3/4 x 2 11/16 in.); Unframed: 74 x 60.3 cm (29 1/8 x 23 3/4 in.)
• Collection: Mod Euro - Painting 1800-1960
• Department: Modern European Painting and Sculpture
• Accession number: 1977.127

Collection credit

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Noah L. Butkin

Further reading listed by the museum

• MM. Bernheim Jeune & cie (Paris, France). Exposition T. Ribot: catalogue raisonné
• Exposition Th. Ribot au Palais National de l'École des Beaux-Arts. Paris: Bibliothèque Nationale, 1991.
• Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Catalogue of Paintings and Drawings, with a Summary of Other Works of Art Exhibited on the Second Floor, Summer, 1895. Boston: A. Mudge & Son, printers, 1895.

View the collection record

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