1848
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
L'Interdiction du port des décorations is a 1848 ink by Honoré Daumier, a Romanticism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This sketch shows three people in old-fashioned clothes. The man on the left stands with his hands in his pockets, looking bored. The middle man holds up a medal or ribbon while the woman on the right points at it, looking annoyed. Their faces are exaggerated, almost cartoonish. The drawing looks like it’s making fun of people who wear medals or badges. It’s drawn with a rough, sketchy style that feels quick and funny. Next, check out how this was made using lithography.
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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