1843
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Vois-tu, mon ami... il n'y a que deux élemens... du bonheur... is a 1843 ink by Honoré Daumier, a Romanticism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This sketch shows four people in a dim, crowded room. One man leans over a table, pointing at something while another listens closely. The third person sits with their head down, and the fourth stands, holding a hat. Outside the window, bare branches fill the frame. The artist used quick, sketchy lines to show movement and emotion. The scene feels lively but a little rough around the edges. Next, check out lithography to see how this print was made.
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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