1847
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Robert ... tu ne soutiens plus la conversation ... is a 1847 ink by Honoré Daumier, a Romanticism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
Two men sit at a table in a spare room. One tilts forward, mid-sentence, the other leans back with arms crossed. A bottle and two glasses stand between them. Daumier made this in 1847 using lithography, a printing method where grease and water repel each other on stone. It lets him sketch fast and loose while keeping bold shadows. See how the background blurs? That’s the trick. 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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