1844
ink
paper
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
The Smoker is a 1844 ink by Honoré Daumier, a Romanticism work, depicting Smoking, held at National Gallery of Art.
You see a man sitting with a pipe, drawn with pen and black ink on paper. He's relaxed, with his eyes closed. The artist used simple lines to create this image, which is interesting because it shows how much can be conveyed with minimal detail, like the gentle curves of the smoker's face and the soft folds of his clothing. You can learn more about this style by looking into the technique: cross-hatching.
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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