1844
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
...dussent-ils me maudire. Ces barbares parens... is a 1844 ink by Honoré Daumier, a Romanticism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This sketch shows five people in a small room, drawn in quick, rough lines. One woman stands in the center, holding a fan, while three men and a child sit around her. The walls have two framed sketches of landscapes. Everyone looks serious, and the lines make the scene feel lively but a little messy. The artist used a fast-drawing method called lithography, which lets you sketch directly onto a stone and print it. This style was great for making sharp, funny, or dramatic images quickly. Next, look up lithography to see how this technique works.
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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