1848
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Dites donc, not'maire ... des communistes qué qu'c'est ça? is a 1848 ink by Honoré Daumier, a Romanticism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This lithograph shows two men in a field, one pointing at a small group in the distance. Their clothes make them look like different classes—one wears a suit, the other a cap and jacket. Daumier made this in 1848, right after France’s February Revolution. Back then, people argued over what “communists” even meant. The print pokes fun at confusion over new political ideas. It’s a quick sketch, but it catches how people reacted to change. Look up Daumier, Honoré if you want to see more of his sharp political cartoons.
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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