1854
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Usant jusqu'a son dernier homme ... is a 1854 ink by Honoré Daumier, a Impressionism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This lithograph shows a stiff, tall officer facing a slumped man in a shabby coat. The officer’s pointed hat and erect posture tower over the seated figure. The man’s ragged clothes and tired slump suggest exhaustion. Daumier used exaggerated sizes to show who holds the power. He made prints like this to criticize unfair systems. The artist often mocked authority in his work. It’s a quick way to see how art can challenge power. Look up Daumier, Honoré next.
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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