1844
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Hotel de la Marine is a 1844 ink by Honoré Daumier, a Romanticism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
Two men stand knee-high in this lithograph. The first man in a dark coat holds a paper. The second man in loose Chinese robes faces him. The paper could be a letter or a list. Daumier often mocked politics and cultures with sharp lines. This print shows his skill at quick, biting sketches. The contrast between the men’s clothes hints at a joke. See how he uses stone and grease to make the print. Look up lithography.
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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