1844
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Dominant colour
O douleur!... avoir rêvé... un époux... is a 1844 ink by Honoré Daumier, a Romanticism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This sketch shows two people in a wooded area. One person, dressed in flowing clothes, is sitting with their arms raised, looking up at the sky. The other person, wearing a wide-brimmed hat, leans on a walking stick and looks down. The trees around them are drawn with quick, loose lines, and the sky above is filled with wispy clouds. The artist used a sketchy, almost scribbly style to show emotion and movement. This drawing was made using a technique that lets artists draw directly onto a stone. Look up lithography to see how this sketch 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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