1833
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Dominant colour
Bataille (Alex. Simon Pataille) is a 1833 ink by Honoré Daumier, a Romanticism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This lithograph shows a man’s face in profile. His features are stretched—cheekbones pop, nose looms large. The name “Bataille” is scratched below, as if the man’s identity is a joke. Daumier made over 4,000 lithographs. They mocked politics and power in cheap newspapers. This one sneaks art into satire. Ink clings to the stone in rough spots. It feels alive, like the man might sneer. Look up 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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