1846
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Un jour déclipse is a 1846 ink by Honoré Daumier, a Romanticism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This painting shows five people dressed up, with one holding a big circular object. They're all facing left. The people are interacting, and the scene feels tense, which makes you wonder what's going on. The artist used simple black and white to create this mood. To learn more about the method used to create this image, look 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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