1849
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Dominant colour
C.H. Odilon Barrot is a 1849 ink by Honoré Daumier, a Romanticism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This drawing shows a serious-looking man in a dark suit, standing on a raised platform. His hands are tucked into his pockets, and he’s wearing a pocket watch chain. Below him, a crowd of small, blurry faces watches him—like he’s giving a speech or making a point. The artist exaggerated his features to make him look bigger than life. The crowd’s faces are just sketches, but they show he’s in front of an audience. 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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