1845
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
Dominant colour
You were hungry...that is not a reason... is a 1845 by Honoré Daumier, a Romanticism work, held at Cleveland Museum of Art.
You see a man sitting at a table, looking unhappy. He's a lawyer, and the scene is set in 19th-century France. The details in the scene, like the man's facial expression and the papers on the table, tell us about the daily life of lawyers back then. Check out the work of artist Honoré Daumier (French, 1808–1879) for more scenes like this.
This print (with title and captions added) was published in Le Charivari (October 20, 1845) as plate 15 from the series The Lawyers.
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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