1850
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Mimi Vèron croit avoir ... trouvé le ... is a 1850 ink by Honoré Daumier, a Impressionism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This lithograph shows a woman in a messy kitchen. She’s swinging a hammer over a pot labeled “LE CHARIVARI.” The room is cluttered with pots and pans. Daumier made this for a satirical Paris paper. He used a quick, scratchy line to show the woman’s anger and the chaos around her. It feels like a snapshot of a real bad day. See how he turns noise into art. Look up Daumier, Honoré 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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