1844
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Dominant colour
Fumeurs et priseurs is a 1844 ink by Honoré Daumier, a Romanticism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
You see four men indoors, talking and smoking. They have different emotions and looks. The men are drawn in a simple, black-and-white style. This style makes the picture feel more real and emotional. It shows how people interacted with each other back then. The artist paid attention to details like facial expressions. Check out the technique: lithography, used by artist Honoré Daumier.
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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