1865
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Chez un usurier is a 1865 ink by Honoré Daumier, a Impressionism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This lithograph shows two men in a cluttered office. One holds out a paper. The other squints, rubbing his chin. They face each other over a messy desk. Daumier used sharp lines and shadows to show their moods fast. He worked in black and white but made it feel alive. Look for the same bold faces in Daumier, Honoré’s other prints.
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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