1852
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Dominant colour
Amateurs classiques ... convaincus ... is a 1852 ink by Honoré Daumier, a Impressionism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This painting shows a group of men with exaggerated features in a crowded room. They're expressing different emotions, like excitement or boredom. The men are all dressed up, like they're at a fancy event. The artist used caricature to make the men look funny and exaggerated. This style was common in 19th-century Paris, where people liked to poke fun at each other. The artist was commenting on the social norms of the time. You can learn more about this style by looking into the technique: lithography.
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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