1854
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Les facconnant les Moldo-Valaques ... is a 1854 ink by Honoré Daumier, a Impressionism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This lithograph shows one big man in a suit towering over smaller men in rags. His hands grip their shoulders. They kneel, heads bowed. Daumier used sharp lines to twist faces and bodies. The big man looks silly but strong. This mocks powerful people who control others. It feels like a cartoon for adults. See how he uses lithography to make shadows bold and faces pop. Look up lithography 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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