1857
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Mois, mon avis est ... is a 1857 ink by Honoré Daumier, a Impressionism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This lithograph shows two men in hats facing each other. One looks shocked, mouth wide open. The other smokes a cigarette, face calm but sly. Their shoulders meet in the middle, like they’re in a silent argument. Daumier often mocked Parisian life in quick, sharp images. Political figures and everyday people became his targets. This one feels personal, like two neighbors disagreeing over a fence. Try looking up lithography to see how artists drew on stone with greasy crayons.
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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