1857
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Dominant colour
Parisiens incrédules ... is a 1857 ink by Honoré Daumier, a Impressionism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
Daumier shows two men on a balcony. One looks through a telescope while the other stares ahead. The sky is starry and the city glows below. Daumier made this print in 1857 to poke fun at Parisians who refused to believe new scientific ideas. The telescope feels like a joke—these men can’t see the truth right in front of them. Want a closer look? Visit the National Gallery of Art, Washington.
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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