1850
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Dominant colour
M.L.P.F. Esquirou de Parieu is a 1850 ink by Honoré Daumier, a Impressionism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This sketch shows a man in a dark suit standing on a raised platform, holding a piece of paper. He looks serious and is speaking to a crowd of small, blurred faces below him. The background is simple, with a curtain and a few details like a table and chairs. The artist used quick, sketchy lines to show movement and energy, focusing on the man’s face and posture. This style was common in political cartoons of the time. Look up lithography to see how artists like Daumier made prints like this one.
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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