1836
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Robert Macaire commis-voyageur is a 1836 ink by Honoré Daumier, a Romanticism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This lithograph shows two men face to face in the street. One stands stiff, arms crossed. The other leans in, waving his arms and talking fast. Their faces are overblown, almost funny. Daumier used this style to mock greedy salesmen. The marks on the stone make the lines bold and rough. It’s not pretty, but it gets the point across. Look up lithography to see how this printing trick works.
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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