1843
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Dominant colour
Un Pauvre père de famille qui... is a 1843 ink by Honoré Daumier, a Romanticism work, depicting Hunting, held at National Gallery of Art.
This lithograph shows a poor man in a worn coat holding a baby. His face is calm but tired. A woman stands behind him, her hand on his shoulder. Daumier often drew real life in Paris—not kings or heroes. This one feels honest. The baby clutches a piece of bread like it’s the only hope left. Look up lithography, the ink-on-stone technique that makes prints like this sharp.
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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