1841
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Le regulateur is a 1841 ink by Honoré Daumier, a Romanticism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This lithograph shows a man in a top hat checking his pocket watch. He holds a closed umbrella under his arm. The scene feels stiff and precise, like time itself. Daumier used sharp lines to poke fun at people who obsessed over schedules. This wasn’t just a portrait—it mocked the idea that time rules us. Try looking 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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