1842
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Socrate chez aspasie is a 1842 ink by Honoré Daumier, a Romanticism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This painting shows an older man with a beard talking to a woman in a robe. He looks vulnerable with his chest exposed. The man is Socrates, a famous philosopher, and the scene is tense. The woman, Aspasie, seems to be in charge. This scene is interesting because it combines everyday life with deep ideas. You can learn more about how this was made by looking into the technique: lithography.
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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