1870
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Comment Bismarck comprend l'unité allemande is a 1870 by Honoré Daumier, a Impressionism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This sketch shows three men in fancy crowns and robes, struggling to hold up a giant, broken chain. One man is leaning on a rock, looking tired. In the background, a smaller figure sits on the ground, also exhausted. The title hints this is a joke about Germany’s political unity under Bismarck. The rough lines and simple shading make it feel urgent and unfinished. Next, check out Daumier, Honoré to see how he used art to comment on 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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