1836
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Le vrai Fumeur is a 1836 ink by Honoré Daumier, a Romanticism work, depicting Smoking, held at National Gallery of Art.
You see a man smoking a pipe in this hand-colored lithograph. He's sitting with his back straight, looking relaxed. The man's face is detailed, with a calm expression, and he seems lost in thought, which makes this work interesting because it shows a quiet moment. It's a simple scene, but the details make it stand out. The artist used bold lines to draw the man and his surroundings. To learn more about this style, look up 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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