1866
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Dominant colour
Mossieu ... je suis ce mari aux dépens duquel is a 1866 ink by Honoré Daumier, a Impressionism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
You see two men facing each other with big, exaggerated expressions and fancy clothes. They look like they're in the middle of a argument. The way they're dressed and the faces they're making are meant to be funny and a little ridiculous. This kind of satire was common in Daumier's work, where he liked to poke fun at everyday people and the social norms of his time. To learn more about the art of making prints like this one, look into the technique of lithography.
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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