1842
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
Introduction of Ulysses to Nausica is a 1842 by Honoré Daumier, a Romanticism work, held at Cleveland Museum of Art.
Daumier shows a man in rags kneeling before a group of women in old-fashioned robes. The women stand stiff and formal. The man’s tattered clothes contrast with their smooth dresses. This comes from a comic series Daumier made for a Paris newspaper. He turned an ancient Greek story into a funny, modern scene. The women look shocked, like they just found a stray dog in their parlor. Look up Honoré Daumier (French, 1808–1879).
This print was published in Le Charivari (March 30, 1842) as plate 4 from the series Ancient History .
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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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