Minneapolis Institute of Art
The Fugitives
Honoré Daumier
- Date
- c. 1868–70
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Department
- European Art
- Institution
- Minneapolis Institute of Art
The Fugitives was Daumier's last and most dramatic rendering of the refugee theme. It might refer to events surrounding the onset of the Franco-Prussian war or to the insurrection of the commune in France in 1870. Daumier was less interested in depicting specific events than in responding to the depth of human suffering caused by these events. Europe
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