1844
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Dominant colour
Une Rencontre agréable is a 1844 ink by Honoré Daumier, a Romanticism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This sketch shows two older men in fancy hats sitting close together. Their faces look tired, and they’re dressed in old-fashioned coats. One has a flat top hat, the other a tall black one. The background is plain, and the lines are rough, like it was drawn fast. The title at the bottom, *Une Rencontre agréable*, means "A Pleasant Meeting," but their expressions don’t look happy. The artist used quick, sketchy lines to make them look real. Next, check out how this was made with 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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