1852
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Une famille mélomane ... is a 1852 ink by Honoré Daumier, a Impressionism work, depicting Sheet Music, held at National Gallery of Art.
This painting shows three people enjoying music together. The older man in the center has a funny, exaggerated face and holds some sheet music. He's with two younger people who look like they're having a great time, and the background looks like curtains with a fun texture. You can learn more about the art of printing images on stone, a technique called 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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