1845
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
Dominant colour
The hazards of shaking a plum tree too vigorously, when one too is mature. is a 1845 by Honoré Daumier, a Romanticism work, held at Cleveland Museum of Art.
This print shows a grumpy old man shaking a plum tree hard. Plums rain down while his hat flies off. His face is twisted in effort. Daumier made this for *Le Charivari*, a funny newspaper. He loved mocking silly rules. This series was called *Pastorals*—but it’s really just silly country scenes. It’s at The Cleveland Museum of Art if you want to see it.
This print (with title and captions added) was published in Le Charivari (May 29, 1845) as plate 2 from the series Pastorals.
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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