1836
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Robert Macaire banquier et juré is a 1836 ink by Honoré Daumier, a Romanticism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
You see two men shaking hands in this lithograph. They're dressed differently, showing their social roles. The man on the left looks powerful, while the other seems more submissive. This contrast is interesting because it comments on the social issues of the time, like power and class. To learn more about this style of commentary, look at the work of artist: Daumier, Honoré.
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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