1871
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
C'est pourtant pas pour ca ... is a 1871 ink by Honoré Daumier, a Impressionism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
A lone man stands in a rough field, arms crossed, wearing a simple cap and coat. His face is hidden in shadow. Daumier used lithography, a printmaking method where ink sticks to greasy marks on stone. This let him make many copies fast and cheap, so his political cartoons spread wide. Look up lithography to see how this gritty, direct style works.
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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