1851
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Belle dame voulez-vous ... accepter mon bras? is a 1851 ink by Honoré Daumier, a Impressionism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This painting shows two people. One is hunched over and reaching out. The other person is standing up straight and turning away. This scene is interesting because it tells us something about how people interact. It looks like the hunched person is trying to get the other person's attention. Check out lithography to learn more about the technique used to create this image.
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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