1844
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Adieu, mon cher, je vais chez mes éditeurs... is a 1844 ink by Honoré Daumier, a Romanticism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This sketch shows two people in a simple room. A woman in a long dress stands with her back turned, holding a bundle. An older man sits at a small table, focused on something in his hands. The room has basic furniture and a pot on the table. The artist used quick, sketchy lines to show movement and emotion. The woman’s posture and the man’s hunched shoulders hint at a quiet, maybe sad moment. Next, look up lithography to see how artists like Daumier made prints like this.
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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