1846
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Le leçon d'histoire is a 1846 ink by Honoré Daumier, a Romanticism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This painting shows a teacher and a student at a podium in a classroom. The scene is quiet and serious. The artist paid attention to the students in the background, they are seated and not very clear, which makes the teacher and student at the podium stand out. The teacher is leaning forward, talking to the student. This suggests that the teacher is trying to help the student understand something. To learn more about the method used to create this image, look into the technique: 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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