1843
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Combat Naval is a 1843 ink by Honoré Daumier, a Romanticism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This lithograph shows two small boats bouncing in choppy water. One boat shoots water from a pump, while people in the other splash back. The lines are rough and playful, like a cartoon. Daumier made this as a joke about real naval battles. Lithography lets him draw fast and bold. The scene feels alive, not serious. Look up lithography if you like 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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