1844
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Chinois causant politique is a 1844 ink by Honoré Daumier, a Romanticism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This lithograph shows three men in hats, faces twisted in debate. Their hands fly up. One points, another scowls, the third looks ready to throw a punch. Daumier loved poking fun at politics through these kinds of exaggerated characters. Daumier used lithography, a printing method that let him make quick, sharp images. Back then, lithographs spread fast in newspapers and magazines. They were like early political cartoons. Check out more by Daumier, Honoré.
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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