1854
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Distribution de vivres un jour d'extra is a 1854 ink by Honoré Daumier, a Impressionism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
A crowded room bustles with rough-edged people grabbing sacks of food. Clothing looks patched and faces are stretched out—some grin, others scowl. A man in a cap holds a ladle like a weapon. Daumier pushes satire into lines. He used lithography to make prints fast and cheap, so everyone could see his jokes about power and hunger. Ever seen his *Third-Class Carriage*? Look it up 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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