1847
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Un amateur is a 1847 ink by Honoré Daumier, a Romanticism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This painting shows a stout man in a top hat holding a magnifying glass. He's set against a city backdrop. The man's formal dress and the cityscape are drawn in detailed lines and shades of gray. This detail suggests the artist is commenting on the people in the city. To learn more about the method used to create this image, look up the technique: lithography.
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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