1841
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Dominant colour
Origine des Bédoins a Paris is a 1841 ink by Honoré Daumier, a Romanticism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This sketch shows two men in a tense moment on a Paris street. One stands upright, wearing a loose hat and baggy clothes, gesturing angrily. The other is bent over, laughing or coughing, holding onto a table. Their faces are exaggerated—big noses, wide eyes—and their postures scream drama. The caption below hints at a funny argument about costumes and money. The artist used quick, sketchy lines to make the scene feel alive, almost like a comic strip. Want to see more work like this? Check out Daumier, Honoré.
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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