1852
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Dominant colour
(1er Bas Bleu) - Profitons de l'occasion... is a 1852 ink by Honoré Daumier, a Impressionism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This sketch shows three women in a room with simple furniture. The woman on the left wears a dark dress with a high collar and glasses, standing with her arms slightly out. The other two women face her, one adjusting her hair or dress. The room looks plain, with a framed picture on the wall behind them. The artist used quick, sketchy lines to show movement and conversation. The women’s clothes and gestures feel real, not polished. Next, look up lithography to see how this print was made.
Honoré-Victorin Daumier was a French painter, sculptor, and printmaker, whose many works offer commentary on the social and political life in France, from the Revolution of 1830 to the fall of the Second French Empire in 1870.
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