1843
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
L'Entrée dans la vie is a 1843 ink by Honoré Daumier, a Romanticism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This sketch shows a group of five people in a dimly lit room. A man in a long coat stands holding a baby, talking to an older man in a hat and loose clothes. Two women and another older man watch from the side, looking curious or concerned. The walls are plain, and the light comes from a small window. The artist focused on real-life moments, not polished scenes. This sketch was made using a printing method that lets artists draw directly on stone. Check out lithography 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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