1855
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Le czar a Sébastopol is a 1855 ink by Honoré Daumier, a Impressionism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This lithograph shows two puffed-up men in military coats. One sits stiff as a board. The other leans like he might topple over. Their faces look silly on purpose. Daumier made this in 1855. It mocks leaders who act tough but can’t stand straight. The style is rough and fast—typical of his cartoons. Look up lithography to see how he used greasy crayons on stone.
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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