1850
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Dominant colour
Le Secret confié au dieu faune is a 1850 ink by Honoré Daumier, a Impressionism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This sketch shows a chubby, winged child—half-human, half-goat—floating above a rocky shore. The creature holds a seashell to its ear while clutching a garland of flowers. Below, two small, scurrying animals (maybe rabbits) peek from the grass, and a ship sails far off in the distance. The frame looks hand-drawn, with rough, sketchy lines that make it feel like a quick study. The scene mixes fantasy and everyday life in a playful way. Next, check out lithography to see how this sketchy style 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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