1866
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Abusant de la liberté is a 1866 ink by Honoré Daumier, a Impressionism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
Here’s the rewrite: Daumier’s *Abusant de la liberté* shows a wild scene by a carriage. Two men scuffle outside while a third looks trapped inside. The lines are rough and fast, like a quick sketch. Daumier made this as a lithograph in 1866. Back then, lithography was new and cheap. Cartoonists used it to mock politics fast. See how the background blurs? It keeps your eye on the fight. Check out Daumier, Honoré next.
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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