Honoré Daumier, 1865 - A Criminal Case - fine art print

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An astute observer of human nature and an often biting satirist, Honoré Daumier here masterfully employed watercolor to illustrate the foibles of the French judicial system. Poverty forced Daumier to begin work at an early age; he once took a job as a messenger for the city's law courts, where he was exposed to the complexities and inequities of the legal system. The strong, dramatic diagonal of this composition focuses the viewer on the accused murderer. He leans over the dock to consult with his lawyer, who clearly controls the exchange, raising his right hand and seizing a sheaf of papers for reference. In contrast to the well-groomed and elegant lawyer, the criminal is wild-eyed and coarse. In the background a guard stands stiffly, oblivious to the exchange before him. In the gray courtroom, the empty space behind the guard suggests an air of anxiousness and uncertainty.

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In 1865 the male French painter Honoré Daumier created this realist artpiece. The original had the size: 38,4 x 32,5 cm. Watercolor and gouache with pen and brown ink and black chalk was applied by the painter as the medium of the masterpiece. Furthermore, the work of art is in the the collection of The J. Paul Getty Museum located in Los Angeles, California, United States of America. With courtesy of - The J. Paul Getty Museum (public domain).Besides, the artwork has the creditline: . Furthermore, alignment is portrait and has a side ratio of 1 : 1.2, meaning that the length is 20% shorter than the width. The painter Honoré Daumier was a European artist, whose style can mainly be assigned to Realism. The Realist artist lived for a total of 71 years and was born in 1808 in Marseilles and deceased in the year 1879.

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