1841
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Dominant colour
J'ai vu Seigneur... votre malheureux fils... is a 1841 ink by Honoré Daumier, a Romanticism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This sketch shows two people mid-conversation. The person on the left has their arm around the other, who looks shocked with their mouth open. Both wear loose, old-fashioned clothes, and their faces are drawn with exaggerated expressions. The artist used quick, sketchy lines to show emotion over details. The title hints at a dramatic moment, but the faces are more funny than sad. Try looking up lithography to see how this sketchy style 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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