1846
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Dominant colour
Un jeune homme en train d'acquérir ... un art d'agrément is a 1846 ink by Honoré Daumier, a Romanticism work, depicting Sheet Music, held at National Gallery of Art.
This painting shows three men playing music together. They seem to be practicing, with one man reading sheet music. The young man with the French horn is likely a student, learning from the older man. The scene is informal, with the men focused on their music. The artist pays attention to the details of the musicians' interactions. You can learn more about this style by looking into 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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