1850
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Dominant colour
Eugène Rouher is a 1850 ink by Honoré Daumier, a Impressionism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This sketch shows a tall, exaggerated figure standing at a podium, holding a piece of paper and a glass. The person’s face is large, with a serious expression and big ears. Behind them, a small crowd is drawn in the background, watching from a balcony. The artist used simple lines and shading to make the face and body look bigger than life. The drawing feels quick and expressive, like a snapshot of a speech. Next, check out how lithography works to see how this sketch 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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