1857
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Le 14 Juin is a 1857 ink by Honoré Daumier, a Impressionism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
You see two older people sitting up in bed in this lithograph. They look vulnerable and tender. The artist paid attention to their faces and the shadows around them. The way the artist used shadows is interesting. It makes the people stand out. This was a common way to show emotions in art back then. Check out the work of artist: Daumier, Honoré to see more like this.
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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