1849
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Dominant colour
Ferdinand Favre is a 1849 ink by Honoré Daumier, a Romanticism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This sketch shows a big, round-faced man in a fancy suit, dancing alone in the middle of a crowd. His arms are raised, and he’s mid-step, looking like he’s having fun. Around him, smaller figures stand stiffly, watching him. The artist exaggerated his size and features to make a point—this was a common trick in political cartoons. Daumier used humor to comment on society. Next, check out lithography to see how this image 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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