1849
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Vue d'une antichambre ministérielle... is a 1849 ink by Honoré Daumier, a Romanticism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This sketch shows two men in an indoor room. One man, dressed in a long coat and knee-length pants, is handing something to the other man, who wears a loose jacket and pants tucked into boots. A third figure stands blurred in the background, and the walls look plain with a window or door behind them. The artist used quick, sketchy lines to show movement and personality. This style fits a time when artists focused on real-life moments over polished portraits. Next, check out lithography to see how this print was made.
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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