1838
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
L'Éducation au biberon is a 1838 ink by Honoré Daumier, a Romanticism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This sketch shows three people in a dim room. A man in a turban sits on a bed, holding a baby who’s drinking from a bottle. Behind him, a woman in a headscarf leans over him, looking down. The lines are loose and quick, like a hurried drawing. The artist used a rough, sketchy style to show everyday life. The scene feels intimate but a little awkward, like a quiet moment caught by chance. Want to see more like this? Check out lithography to learn how artists made prints like this one.
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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