1842
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Dominant colour
Le Claqueur is a 1842 ink by Honoré Daumier, a Romanticism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This sketch shows a man in old-fashioned clothes standing outside a building. He’s leaning against a door frame, holding his hat in one hand and looking off to the side. His coat is loose, his pants are baggy, and the ground looks rough and uneven. The artist used quick, sketchy lines to show the man’s tired or bored pose. The drawing feels like a snapshot of everyday life, not a fancy portrait. Next, check out lithography to see how this print 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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