1849
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Dominant colour
Félix Saint-Priest is a 1849 ink by Honoré Daumier, a Romanticism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This sketch shows a big-headed man in a suit, holding a pair of glasses in one hand. His face is exaggerated—big nose, wide eyes, and messy hair—while the crowd around him looks small and blurry. The background has a few people in old-fashioned clothes, but they’re not the focus. The giant head makes the man look important, maybe even a little silly. This style was used to point out famous (or infamous) people in the news. Next, check out lithography 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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