1854
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Quittant le valachie is a 1854 ink by Honoré Daumier, a Impressionism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This lithograph shows a man in a tall hat fleeing a sign that says "VALACHIE." He’s in a hurry, arms flapping. Two others react behind him—one looks confused, the other runs too. Daumier made this in 1854. It pokes fun at Wallachia, a place seen as backward in his day. The joke lands hard: the man’s clothes look silly, and the sign feels like a trap. Look up Daumier, Honoré next—this is one of his sharper political jokes.
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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