1845
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
En garde national is a 1845 ink by Honoré Daumier, a Romanticism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
A man in a military uniform sits slouched in a chair. His face is round and silly. A second man stands behind him. This one is stiff. His face is sharp and serious. Daumier uses a printing trick called lithography. The lines look bold and scratchy. He draws fast, like he’s making a joke on paper. Look up lithography 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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