1852
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
En train de charmer toute une société ... is a 1852 ink by Honoré Daumier, a Impressionism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
You see a person in formal clothes, gesturing as they speak or sing to an audience. The scene is interesting because it shows how people interact with each other in a social setting. Daumier drew attention to the performer and the audience's reaction, which says something about social norms back then. Check out the technique of lithography to learn more about how this image was made.
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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