1864
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Dominant colour
Le coin des politiques is a 1864 ink by Honoré Daumier, a Impressionism work, depicting Smoking, held at National Gallery of Art.
This lithograph shows four men at a table. Each smokes a pipe. Their faces twist in talk—some serious, some laughing. Daumier made this in 1864. He caught politicians off guard, not in suits but in loose shirts. The smoke hides their real moods. Watch how the lines curl around their hands. It’s loose and quick—like they might jump up any second. Look up Daumier, Honoré next.
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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