1854
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Manière dont ... is a 1854 ink by Honoré Daumier, a Impressionism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This lithograph shows a crowd of people in a tense moment. A man in the center swings a big stick while others duck and cover their heads. The lines are rough and scratchy, but they really make you feel the movement. Daumier made this as a political cartoon in the 1800s. The sharp lines and angry faces were his way of mocking power and protesting injustice. Check out more of Daumier, Honoré if you like this bold style.
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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