1843
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Quand tu étais dans ton village t'aurais ... is a 1843 ink by Honoré Daumier, a Romanticism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
You see a soldier and a hunched man in this lithograph. The soldier is in full uniform, while the other man is weary and leaning on a stick. This contrast highlights social disparities of the time, and it's interesting that the artist used simple poses to show a big difference between the two figures. You can learn more about this style by looking 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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