1849
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Dominant colour
Charles Dupin is a 1849 ink by Honoré Daumier, a Romanticism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This sketch shows a man sitting with his arms crossed, looking off to the side. He’s dressed in a dark coat and light shirt, with one leg crossed over the other. Behind him, a chair and a faint sketch of another person are barely visible. The artist used quick, loose lines to capture his face and posture, making it feel like a snapshot. This style was common in 19th-century France for capturing personalities fast. Look up 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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