1847
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Un Père qui fait sucer à son fils... is a 1847 ink by Honoré Daumier, a Romanticism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This sketch shows a man in a top hat handing a glass to a small child. The child cups its hands around the glass, looking up. Behind them, a seated figure in a high-backed chair watches, while a bust on a pedestal looms in the background. The lines are loose and quick, like a sketch made fast. The artist used a rough, sketchy style to show everyday life—maybe a parent teaching a child to drink. The drawing feels urgent, like it was made on the spot. Next, check out how this image was made using 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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