1846
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Diogène et Alcibiade a l'Odéon is a 1846 ink by Honoré Daumier, a Romanticism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This sketch shows three people on a stage. One man in a long cloak is holding a large sack and pointing at another man in fancy clothes. Behind them, a crowd watches, some with blurry faces. The setting looks like a theater, with simple props like a barrel. The title hints this is a play about two famous figures—Diogenes and Alcibiades—based on an old story. Daumier drew it quickly, focusing on the drama of the scene. Next, check out lithography to see how artists like Daumier made prints like this.
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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