1856
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Dominant colour
Mossieu la directeur is a 1856 ink by Honoré Daumier, a Impressionism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This lithograph shows a man and woman sitting close in a theater box. The man’s dark suit contrasts with the woman’s light dress. Their faces are sharp and full of quiet feeling. Daumier used lithography to make bold black lines and deep shadows. This gives the scene energy and drama. The couple seems lost in their own world, ignoring the crowd. Check out how lithography works—it’s like drawing on stone with greasy ink.
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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