1853
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Les débats ... is a 1853 ink by Honoré Daumier, a Impressionism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This painting shows a Cossack figure tied up by two other men. The scene is exaggerated and meant to be funny, but it's also making a point about politics. The Cossack's big features and the men's sneaky looks are meant to criticize how politics worked in 19th-century France. You can learn more about this kind of satire by looking into the technique: lithography.
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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