1871
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Prenez garde, madame la Majorité! is a 1871 by Honoré Daumier, a Impressionism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This sketch shows a woman in fancy clothes holding a child while a giant, shaggy beast looms over her. The woman looks worried, gripping the kid tight. The beast has wild hair and stands on its hind legs like a person, reaching out with one arm. The drawing is simple but full of tension—notice how the beast’s claw-like hand almost touches the woman’s shoulder. This kind of exaggerated, funny-scary image was common in political cartoons of the time. Look up Daumier, Honoré to see more of his sharp, funny art.
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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