1855
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Dominant colour
Le Czar a Sébastopol is a 1855 ink by Honoré Daumier, a Impressionism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This sketch shows two exaggerated figures on a seaside wall. One man stands behind another who’s perched on a block, holding a flagpole. The background has a distant city and ships, but the focus is on the two characters—one looking tired, the other stiff and formal. The title hints this is a joke about a Russian leader (the "Czar") visiting a city (Sébastopol). The flagpole is empty, mocking the idea of a tricolor flag being everywhere. Want to see more like this? Check out lithography to learn how artists like Daumier made sharp, funny prints.
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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