1844
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
L'Artiste m'a représentée au moment ou j'écris is a 1844 ink by Honoré Daumier, a Romanticism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This sketch shows two people looking up at a large, rough painting on a wall. The woman on the left wears a simple dress with a high collar, her head tilted back. The man on the right has his back to us, dressed in a dark coat with a high neckline. The painting above them is blurry, with swirling shapes that look like smoke or movement. The title at the top, *"Les Bas Bleus,"* hints this might be a joke about serious art. The sketch feels quick and unfinished, like a snapshot of a moment. Next, check out lithography to see how this sketch 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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