1845
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Un Prix de poésie is a 1845 ink by Honoré Daumier, a Romanticism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This sketch shows two men in old-fashioned clothes. One stands tall, holding a wreath over the other man’s head, who kneels with his hands clasped. The lines are loose and quick, like a hurried drawing. The background is plain, with just a few words printed at the top and bottom. The kneeling man looks surprised or maybe proud, while the standing man seems serious. The wreath suggests a prize or honor, but the faces are simple and not polished. The whole scene feels like a moment frozen in time. Want to see more by the artist who made this? Check out Daumier, Honoré.
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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