1853
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
T'nez not' maitr' en voila un p'tit ... is a 1853 ink by Honoré Daumier, a Impressionism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
Two men stand in a muddy field, one holding a walking stick and a gun, the other waving his arms wildly. Their clothes are messy, and their faces look exaggerated, almost clown-like. They seem to be arguing or reacting to a hunt gone wrong. This print was made using lithography, a method where an artist draws on stone with a greasy crayon, then ink is rolled on the stone to make prints. Daumier made hundreds of these satirical scenes for newspapers, poking fun at how people act when they try too hard to seem important. He often used humor to show the flaws in French society. Look up lithography to see how ink and stone can create sharp, expressive images like this one.
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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