1854
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Voyons, genéral ... is a 1854 ink by Honoré Daumier, a Impressionism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
Daumier’s lithograph shows a ballroom full of dancers and a skeleton chatting with a soldier in a dark coat. The ink is bold and scratchy, like quick pencil marks, making the scene jump alive. Daumier loved poking fun at fancy people, and skeletons were his way to remind everyone that even parties end. The dark lines crowd the page, but the skeleton stands out, grinning under his hat. Look up lithography to see how Daumier’s rough lines became a sharp joke.
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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