1855
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
A Haiti is a 1855 ink by Honoré Daumier, a Impressionism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
Two men stand face to face in a small frame. One wears a wild hat with feathers and a bright coat, waving his arms. The other wears plain clothes, arms stiff at his sides, mouth open in shock. Daumier made this in 1855 as a lithograph. He used thick black lines to show strong feelings—anger here, fear there. The drawing feels fast, like a cartoon from a newspaper. It makes you think of Daumier, Honoré
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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