1846
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Les satanés séducteurs is a 1846 ink by Honoré Daumier, a Romanticism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
You see two elderly men standing side by side in this lithograph. They have distinct personalities shown through their faces and clothes. The men look old, but their expressions seem playful and youthful. This contrast between age and playfulness is interesting. It makes you think about how people can still be fun and lively when they're older. To learn more about this style, 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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