1858
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Voyons Mr. le Baron ... is a 1858 ink by Honoré Daumier, a Impressionism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This painting shows two figures in a dramatic scene with one making a pleading gesture. The scene is set in a theater, with candelabras and an audience adding to the atmosphere. The artist used loose pencil strokes to depict the audience and the characters' poses, which adds to the humor in the scene. You can learn more about this style by looking at 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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