Artwork
La Visite électorale
La Visite électorale is an ink print by the Romanticist artist Honoré Daumier. It dates from 1843 and is held in the collection of the National Gallery of Art.
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Overview
La Visite électorale is a lithograph on newsprint created by Honoré Daumier in 1843. The work is characteristic of Daumier's satirical style and his use of accessible print media to comment on contemporary issues.
Subject & Meaning
The lithograph depicts a scene of three people in a cramped room, suggesting a moment of political canvassing or electioneering. The title La Visite électorale supports this interpretation, implying a connection to the electoral process.
Technique & Style
The work is executed in a spontaneous style, with rough lines and quick strokes that convey a sense of immediacy. The use of lithography on newsprint reflects Daumier's practice of utilizing readily available media to disseminate his commentary.
Context
Daumier produced La Visite électorale during a period of significant political tension in mid-19th-century France, marked by his own republican sympathies and frequent contributions to satirical journals such as La Caricature and Le Charivari.
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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.
Le marchand de contremarques
Monsieur vous qui êtes si bon ...
Cinq coeurs, quinte et quatorze ...
Comment ... tu as encore acheté un ... chapeau ...
Le chapeau qu'on rapporte de Paris
Le Ramasseur de bouts de cigares
Oui, Mossieu Fremouillet, tout va de mal en pis ...
La famille de l'électeur
Une Heureuse nouvelle
C'est-y embêtant de brosser ces machines là...
Avoir perdu sa demi-tasse au Domino et sa bourse dans la rue
Au novel an, visite... a la tante Rabourdin