1834
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
Souvenir of the Prison ot Ste. Pélagie is a 1834 by Honoré Daumier, a Romanticism work, held at Cleveland Museum of Art.
This black-and-white sketch shows three men in a dim, cluttered room. The older man sits in the center, holding a newspaper and looking tired. A younger man stands nearby, dressed in a long coat and hat, while another boy leans in, also reading. Pots, pans, and a hat sit on the floor and shelves. The title hints this scene is from a prison. Notice how light and shadow create depth—Daumier used shading to make the figures pop. Try looking up chiaroscuro to see how artists use light and dark like this.
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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