1842
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Dominant colour
L'Acteur des Funambules is a 1842 ink by Honoré Daumier, a Romanticism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
A man in a top hat and coat strides across a snowy stage, holding a white cloth. Behind him, a curtain reads *"Entrée des Acteurs"* and a window shows a crowd watching. Snowflakes dot the air, and his boots splash through puddles on the wooden floor. The title hints this is a theater scene—likely a backstage moment before a performance. Daumier often drew everyday life with sharp, expressive lines. 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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