1849
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Dominant colour
Ch. Ferdinand Gambon is a 1849 ink by Honoré Daumier, a Romanticism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This is a black-and-white drawing of a man in a suit and long coat. His face is serious, with a thick mustache and beard. He’s leaning slightly forward, one hand resting on a table or desk. The artist used quick, sketchy lines to show his clothes and posture. The drawing looks like it was made fast—maybe even while the man was sitting still. Want to know more? Look up lithography to see how this kind of drawing 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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