1854
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Un ours contrarié is a 1854 ink by Honoré Daumier, a Impressionism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
You see a crowned bear tied to a post, with a figure pulling it in the background. The bear is marked 'RUSSIE', which refers to Russia. This was a symbol of the political tensions at the time, and the artist used it to comment on current events. Check out the work of artist: Daumier, Honoré, to see more of his lithographs 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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