1836
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Robert Macaire philantrope is a 1836 ink by Honoré Daumier, a Romanticism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
Daumier shows two big-headed men in a crowd, one acting generous, the other sneaky. Their hands and faces look exaggerated on purpose to make us laugh or think twice. The background is busy with hats and coats, but the pair stands out. This is a lithograph, a print made from greasy ink on stone. It was cheap to make and spread fast in newspapers, so Daumier could mock rich men who pretended to care while really looking out for themselves. 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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