1841
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Adieu! ... A la grâce de dieu ... is a 1841 ink by Honoré Daumier, a Romanticism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This lithograph shows a group of people with different reactions. They're inside, while an angry person is visible outside the window. The scene is tense. The contrast between the people inside and the angry figure outside makes this work interesting. It highlights the social commentary in the artist's work. To learn more about the method used to create this piece, look up the technique: lithography.
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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