1849
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Dominant colour
J. Marie Joseph Deville is a 1849 ink by Honoré Daumier, a Romanticism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This sketch shows an older man sitting on a raised surface, like a chair or bench. He’s dressed in a dark coat and pants, with one leg crossed over the other. His hands rest on his knee, and his expression is serious, almost stern. The lines are loose and quick, giving it a sketchy, unfinished feel. The artist used a technique called lithography, which lets you draw directly on stone. This method was popular for quick, expressive portraits like this one. Next, look up lithography to see how it 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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