1854
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Ca ne va pas ... comme il le voudrait is a 1854 ink by Honoré Daumier, a Impressionism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
You see two strange figures sitting on benches in this lithograph. They look very different from each other. One is slouching and the other is sitting up straight, which makes the picture interesting because it shows how people can be different. The figures are wearing weird clothes and have funny expressions on their faces. This makes the picture seem silly, but it's also commenting on how people act in society. To learn more about this style of artwork, look 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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