1855
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Dominant colour
Toujours le livre de M. Flourens is a 1855 ink by Honoré Daumier, a Impressionism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
Daumier shows two old friends bent over a book in a cozy room. One points at the page, the other leans in, faces twisted with humor and focus. The lines around them dance, thick and scratchy, making the scene feel alive. This isn’t a fancy portrait. It’s a quick sketch turned into a print. Daumier used lithography—drawing on stone with greasy ink—to catch people’s habits and grumpy charm. Look for another Daumier sketch like this one in the National Gallery of Art, Washington.
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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