1871
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
L'éclipse sera-t-elle totale? is a 1871 by Honoré Daumier, a Impressionism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This image looks like a rough sketch on old newsprint. A giant, shadowy bull’s head looms over a dark, hilly landscape. The word "LIBERTÉ" is scrawled in messy letters on its back, and a hand points at it from the right side. The title at the bottom asks, *"Will the eclipse be total?"*—this isn’t a painting but a print made from a newsprint block, a cheap way to spread ideas. If this style intrigues you, look up 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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