1846
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Nouveau propriètaire faisant connaissance avec le chien ... is a 1846 ink by Honoré Daumier, a Romanticism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This painting shows a man in formal clothes backing away from a big dog. The man looks surprised, while a woman tries to hold the dog back. It's an everyday scene, but it's funny because of the man's reaction. The artist is highlighting the funny side of human-animal relationships. To learn more about the method used to create this image, look into 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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