1848
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Ariste trouvé Chauvel is a 1848 ink by Honoré Daumier, a Romanticism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
You see a man sneaking away with a big bundle on his back. He's hunched over and has exaggerated features. The background says 'ASSEMBLÉE NATIONALE', which is a French government building. This lithograph is interesting because it comments on politics in 19th-century France. It pokes fun at the people in power, which was a bold move for the time. You can learn more about this style by looking into 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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