1871
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Successeur de Charlemagne is a 1871 by Honoré Daumier, a Impressionism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This drawing shows a king-like figure sitting on a throne, holding a giant key in one hand and a globe in the other. Around him are piles of clocks, all ticking at different times. The figure wears a crown and fancy robes, looking serious and powerful. The clocks might symbolize time running out or power fading. Daumier used simple lines and bold shapes to make his point. Next, check out Daumier, Honoré to see how he used art to comment on politics.
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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