1854
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Bertrand, voila des gaillards ... is a 1854 ink by Honoré Daumier, a Impressionism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
Two men stand side by side, looking ahead. They wear old-fashioned coats and hats. Their faces are exaggerated—big noses, wide grins. One points into the distance. Daumier made this as a lithograph. That means he drew on stone, then pressed paper to it. The print shows his sharp eye for human quirks. Check out more by Daumier, Honoré if you like bold lines and funny faces.
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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