1844
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Dominant colour
Rencontre de la payse is a 1844 ink by Honoré Daumier, a Romanticism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This sketch shows two people leaning close in a dim room. One is a woman in a long dress, holding a bundle wrapped in cloth. The other is a man with a bald head, wearing a dark coat and a hat. Their faces are turned toward each other, and the background is blurry, with just a hint of a door or window. The artist used quick, sketchy lines to show their expressions and clothes. This style makes the scene feel lively and real, even though it’s just a drawing. Next, check out lithography to see how this kind of 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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