1857
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Aspect de salon le jour de l'ouverture ... is a 1857 ink by Honoré Daumier, a Impressionism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
Daumier shows a crowded gallery opening. Men in dark suits and top hats crowd around paintings. Some stand close, others chat in little groups. It’s busy but orderly. The lithograph catches how people really act at art shows. They peek, point, or just stand back. Daumier’s lines make the scene feel alive and a little silly. See how he draws faces with just a few scratches? Look up lithography next.
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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