1858
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
Singing Guitarist (recto); Reclining Woman Leaning on Her Arm (verso) is a 1858 by Honoré Daumier, a Impressionism work, held at Cleveland Museum of Art.
This sketch shows a lanky man in a loose robe, holding something like a rolled paper or scroll. His face is blurred, almost smudged, and his body looks like quick, rough strokes. On the back of the same paper, there’s a faint drawing of a woman lying down, her body curved and relaxed. The man’s sketch feels hurried, like it was drawn fast. The woman’s pose is softer, almost hidden behind the first drawing. If you like rough, expressive sketches, check out Realism.
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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