1854
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
L'ogre et le petit poucet is a 1854 ink by Honoré Daumier, a Impressionism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
You see a large ogre-like figure and a smaller figure with a knife in this lithograph. The ogre is seated against a tree, and the smaller figure seems to be in a confrontational pose. This artwork uses dramatic cross-hatching to create tension between the characters. Check out the work of artist: Daumier, Honoré, to learn more about his use of contrast and drama in his art.
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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