1844
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Dominant colour
En Irlande is a 1844 ink by Honoré Daumier, a Romanticism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This sketch shows three exaggerated, cartoonish figures in a dim room. One man in a robe leans on a table, looking annoyed, while another stands beside him, hands in his pockets. A third figure lounges in a chair, holding a paper and smirking. The faces are big, the expressions sharp, and the whole scene feels like a joke. The text below reads like a sarcastic comment about someone named Stephens. The artist used bold lines and shading to make the figures look dramatic and funny. If you like this style, check out lithography to see how artists 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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