1849
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
La paix universelle étant décrétée ... is a 1849 ink by Honoré Daumier, a Romanticism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
Honoré Daumier’s 1849 lithograph shows a crowd of comically exaggerated people. One man in a big hat stands front and center, arms crossed. The city backdrop looks simple, but the figures feel alive. Daumier often poked fun at politics in his art. This print was part of his series about social issues. His bold lines and funny shapes make the scene feel urgent even today. Check out more of Daumier, Honoré’s work 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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