1846
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Comment on décide un jeune homme a venir... is a 1846 ink by Honoré Daumier, a Romanticism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This sketch shows a scrawny man in a hat grabbing a boy’s hair while two other kids watch. The man looks angry, his face twisted. The buildings in the background are drawn quickly, like they’re just there to set the scene. The caption below is in French and hints at a story about forcing respect. Daumier often used humor and exaggeration to point out social problems. Next, check out how lithography lets artists make sharp, detailed prints from stone.
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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