1849
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Dominant colour
Maréchal Bugeaud is a 1849 ink by Honoré Daumier, a Romanticism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This is a big, bold drawing of an older man standing in front of a crowd. He’s wearing a dark suit with his hands crossed over his chest, looking serious. His face is wrinkled, and his hair is messy, almost like he’s been walking fast. The people behind him are just simple outlines, barely there compared to him. The artist used a quick, sketchy style to make the man stand out. The dark lines and shading give him weight, while the crowd fades into the background. This was made as a lithograph, which means it was drawn on stone and printed. Next, 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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