1844
chalk
paper
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Head of a Man is a 1844 chalk by Honoré Daumier, a Romanticism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This sketch shows a balding man with a round face, resting his chin on his hand. His eyebrows are thick, and he wears glasses. The drawing is loose and quick, with soft watercolor washes over darker lines. The paper has a textured look, like old paper, and the colors are muted—mostly grays and browns with a hint of blue in the background. The artist used watercolor over chalk to build up the shapes. Next, check out watercolor, glazing 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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