1845
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Une émeute is a 1845 ink by Honoré Daumier, a Romanticism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This lithograph shows a wild classroom with papers flying and kids waving sticks. The teacher stands calm in the chaos, one hand raised. It’s funny but also sharp—Daumier loved poking fun at authority. Daumier made this to mock strict schools. He used lithography, a cheap print method, so regular people could see it. The style is rough, almost like a quick sketch. Check out more of Daumier’s work.
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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