1838
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Robert Macaire Md de Bibles is a 1838 ink by Honoré Daumier, a Romanticism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This lithograph shows three men in a cluttered room. One stands tall, waving his arms like he’s selling something. The others sit at a table piled with books and dishes. Daumier used the bold style of caricature to mock greedy salesmen of his time. The big hands and wild faces make the moment feel absurd. See how he pushes the joke with light and shadow. Look up lithography 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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