1854
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Ayant attrapé un coup de soleil is a 1854 ink by Honoré Daumier, a Impressionism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
Two soldiers in big hats stand side by side. One flings his arms up like he’s just seen a ghost. The other leans back, mouth wide in surprise. Bold black lines make their uniforms jump off the page. Daumier used lithography to make prints fast and cheap. This let him mock army life in newspapers. His drawings were so sharp that officials got nervous. Check out another Daumier, Honoré at the National Gallery of Art, Washington.
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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