Artifact World Gallery
Get the iOS app

Artwork

Une Heureuse nouvelle

Honoré Daumier , 1844

Une Heureuse nouvelle, by Honoré Daumier, ink, 1844
Une Heureuse nouvelle, by Honoré Daumier, ink, 1844

Une Heureuse nouvelle is an ink print by the Romanticist artist Honoré Daumier. It dates from 1844 and is held in the collection of the National Gallery of Art.

About this work

Overview

Une Heureuse nouvelle is a lithograph created by Honoré Daumier in 1844, exemplifying his work as a satirical printmaker during the July Monarchy and Second Republic.

Subject & Meaning

The print depicts an elderly couple holding hands and smiling, their facial features exaggerated in a caricature-like manner. The image is thought to satirize social and political figures of Daumier's time, reflecting his republican democratic views.

Technique & Style

Daumier employed quick, sketchy lines to convey a sense of liveliness in the drawing. The lithographic technique allowed for mass production of the image, printed from a smooth stone rather than being painted on canvas.

Artist & collection

Portrait of Honoré Daumier

Artist

Honoré Daumier

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.

MORE BY HONORÉ DAUMIER

VISUALLY SIMILAR

Similarity 100 percent
This work is in the public domain (CC0). Image source: National Gallery of Art open access. Spotted an error in this record? Tell us.In the collection of National Gallery of Art. Compiled & edited by , Editor & Founder.