Artwork
Dire ... que c'st comme ça qu'on améliore les chevaux ...
Dire ... que c'st comme ça qu'on améliore les chevaux ... is an ink print by the Romanticist artist Honoré Daumier. It dates from 1846 and is held in the collection of the National Gallery of Art. Dire .
About this work
Overview
Dire ... que c'st comme ça qu'on améliore les chevaux ... is a lithograph by Honoré Daumier, a print that satirically captures a scene of social observation.
Subject & Meaning
The print depicts two elegantly dressed men in top hats watching a crowd, their stiff poses and blank expressions suggesting artifice rather than genuine human interaction, embodying Daumier's commentary on 19th-century social dynamics.
Technique & Style
Daumier employed lithography to create the work, utilizing rough black marks to convey a sense of immediacy and satire, resulting in a sharp, unvarnished representation of his subject.
Artist & collection
Artist
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.
