1856
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Les nouveaux chalets is a 1856 ink by Honoré Daumier, a Impressionism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This lithograph shows a man in a hat yelling up at three open windows where people peer out, their faces tense. Daumier used this print to mock real estate scams of the 1850s. The sharp contrasts and exaggerated faces give it a comic punch. Look closely and you’ll spot how the wooden houses tilt and lean. That’s no accident. It shows the shaky deals behind France’s building boom. If you like this bold style, check out Daumier, Honoré.
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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