1843
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Cristi! ... Notre canot a rompu son amarre ... is a 1843 ink by Honoré Daumier, a Romanticism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
You see two men on a quiet beach. One points at a small boat floating away. The waves are calm. The sky is gray. This is a lithograph. That’s a print made with greasy ink on stone. Daumier often used this cheap, fast method to mock politics or show everyday life. The men look stuck, watching their ride disappear. Check out another lithograph by Daumier, Honoré.
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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