1843
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Désillusion! is a 1843 ink by Honoré Daumier, a Romanticism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
You see a storefront scene with a leaning ladder and a person standing next to it. The ladder is beside a building labeled 'EPICERIES'. This artwork is interesting because it shows a moment of daily life that reflects societal themes in a simple scene. You can learn more about the artist who created this scene by looking up the artist: 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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