1864
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Le liseur is a 1864 by Honoré Daumier, a Impressionism work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
A half-length portrait depicts a male figure in a robe, reading a sheet of paper, with a cylindrical hat sketched atop his head. The drawing reflects Daumier’s recurring focus on lawyers, a subject drawn from his frequent observations of courtroom life. It belongs to a series of works exploring reading figures, including related drawings and oil paintings such as *Le Lecteur* and *L’Avocat lisant*. The linear execution aligns with Daumier’s characteristic satirical style, rooted in his experience as a courtroom observer and political caricaturist.
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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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