1867
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Halte!!! is a 1867 ink by Honoré Daumier, a Impressionism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This lithograph shows a wild-eyed man in a tall hat frozen mid-step, arms out like he’s just spotted a ghost. Behind him, a barrel rolls forward while another man in a pointy hat clutches a walking stick. Thick black lines push the figures forward, making the scene feel like a comedy sketch. Daumier used this style to mock authority. The hats look silly on purpose, and the man’s pose is so dramatic it can’t be serious. It’s like a cartoon before cartoons existed. Look up Daumier, Honoré next—he loved drawing silly, exaggerated people.
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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