1850
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Un réconciliation, scène de haute comédie ... is a 1850 ink by Honoré Daumier, a Impressionism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This lithograph shows two people hugging, but they look serious and not very happy. They're dressed up and have big, exaggerated features. To understand this work, consider that it's making fun of formal situations, like when people pretend to get along. The artist is using satire to comment on social norms. 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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