1843
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
On vous a pris en flagrant délit ... is a 1843 ink by Honoré Daumier, a Romanticism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
You see four men in a tight room. One man points at another. The accused sits with hands on the table. The room feels small. Faces are sharp in black and white. Daumier made this in 1843. He used a printing method called lithography. It lets artists draw on stone with greasy ink. The ink sticks to damp paper when pressed. This way, prints stay crisp. Look for 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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