1848
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
On a dit au gouvernement qu'il ne marchait pas ... is a 1848 ink by Honoré Daumier, a Romanticism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
The painting shows three men in formal attire with top hats, talking under a dense canopy of trees. They seem to be discussing something serious, and their expressions are nuanced. This was created during a time of political change, and the scene might be related to that. The detail and texture in this work are notable, and to learn more about this style, look into the technique: 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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