1850
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
Dominant colour
Arrival in Alsace of the extraordinary commissioner, Coco Romieu. is a 1850 by Honoré Daumier, a Impressionism work, held at Cleveland Museum of Art.
This painting shows a man, Coco Romieu, arriving in Alsace. He's an extraordinary commissioner, and people are watching him. You can see the interest in their faces. This work is interesting because it comments on current events. The artist used this scene to say something about the news of the day. To learn more about this style of commentary, look up the museum: The Cleveland Museum of Art.
This print was published in Le Charivari (February 28, 1850) as plate 81 from the series News of the Day .
Read the full account in the museum source.
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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