1857
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Vous voyez ... je viens de faire ... mon marché ... is a 1857 ink by Honoré Daumier, a Impressionism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
You see a gentleman on horseback talking to two people. He's exaggerated, with big features and a funny expression. The artist used simple lines to draw attention to the characters. The gentleman's conversation seems important, but his big nose and hat make it hard to take seriously. The people talking to him look curious, which adds to the humor. To learn more about this style, look up 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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