1865
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Ché cha une belle chaudronnerie! is a 1865 ink by Honoré Daumier, a Impressionism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
Two well-dressed people stare up at a huge metal pot labeled "VERCINGETORIX." One holds a fancy hat. The other wears a long coat. Daumier’s bold lines make their faces pop. This lithograph mocks fancy French society. Daumier often used humor to point out class problems. The pot’s name honors an ancient Gaulish leader—just to show how silly the rich can be. Look up lithography next.
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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