1847
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
Dominant colour
Former dandies under the Directory is a 1847 by Honoré Daumier, a Romanticism work, held at Cleveland Museum of Art.
You see two men standing, looking a bit out of place. They're dressed in old-fashioned clothes, like they're from a different time. The men seem to be former aristocrats, now struggling to fit in. Their situation is interesting because it comments on the social changes happening in France. The Directory was a period of French history, and these men are trying to adapt. Check out the work of artist: Honoré Daumier (French, 1808–1879) for more insights.
This print was published in Le Charivari (June 13, 1847) as plate 7 from the series As You Like It.
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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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