1850
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Dominant colour
Quand un orateur ennuyeux monte a la tribune is a 1850 ink by Honoré Daumier, a Impressionism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This sketch shows two scenes with people sitting in chairs. The top picture has a man with a big head and a wild look, sitting like he’s about to shout. The bottom picture shows a woman bored at a table while a man with exaggerated features gestures wildly, like he’s giving a speech. The top scene is labeled as a speech, but the man looks more like he’s yelling than talking. The artist used quick, sketchy lines to make the faces and bodies look funny and expressive. Next, check out 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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