1842
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
Dominant colour
The Abandonment of Ariadne is a 1842 by Honoré Daumier, a Romanticism work, held at Cleveland Museum of Art.
You see a woman left alone on a beach in this painting. The story behind it is from ancient Greek mythology. Honoré Daumier made this print as part of a series on ancient history, which is interesting because it shows how old stories were still popular in the 19th century. Check out the work of artist: Honoré Daumier (French, 1808–1879)
This print was first published in Le Charivari (September 4, 1842) as plate 24 from the series Ancient History .
Read the full account in the museum source.
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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