1870
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Dominant colour
Ce que certains journaux appeleraient... is a 1870 by Honoré Daumier, a Impressionism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This sketch shows a woman in a loose dress standing near a voting box labeled *urne électorale*. A man with a donkey’s head pushes her from behind, while she looks frustrated. The background is simple, with a plain wall and a table holding the box. The donkey’s head is a joke about blind or forced voting—some newspapers called this a "free election." The artist used bold lines and rough shading to make the scene feel urgent and critical. Next, look up Daumier, Honoré to see how he used art to mock politics.
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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