1849
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Dominant colour
Ce char marchera toujours... is a 1849 ink by Honoré Daumier, a Romanticism work, depicting Carriage, held at National Gallery of Art.
This painting shows a simple cart with a sign that says "Ce char marchera toujours" which means "This cart will always run". The artist made this print during a time of social change in France. He used satire to comment on the issues of his time. You can learn more about this type of print 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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