1844
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Dominant colour
Une Heureuse nouvelle is a 1844 ink by Honoré Daumier, a Romanticism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This sketch shows two older people holding hands and smiling. The man wears a dark coat with a light vest, and the woman has a shawl over her shoulders. Their faces look exaggerated, almost like caricatures. The artist used quick, sketchy lines to make the drawing feel lively. It’s a lithograph, which means it was printed from a smooth stone instead of painted on canvas. Check out more by Daumier, Honoré next.
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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