1870
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Le Prince de Hohenzollern... is a 1870 by Honoré Daumier, a Impressionism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This sketch shows a man in fancy clothes, leaning on a cane, standing on a pile of tangled bodies. Behind him is a giant, blocky tower with a crown on top. The scene looks messy and chaotic, with rough lines and no smooth shading. The caption in French hints this is a joke about someone struggling with a steep staircase. The artist used quick, sketchy lines to make it feel urgent and exaggerated. Next, look up Daumier, Honoré to see how he used art to comment on politics.
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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