1852
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
J'ai vu trancher les jours de ma famille ... is a 1852 ink by Honoré Daumier, a Impressionism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This lithograph shows four dogs in a wild chase through a crowded city street. One dog slips on a banana peel. A man on a balcony watches, arms raised like he’s yelling at the scene. Daumier used lithography to make sharp, funny images for newspapers. He was great at poking fun at city life and politics. This print looks like it’s straight from a silly comic strip. It feels like the artist had fun with it. If you like this, check out 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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