Comedy and Criticism: Satire in 19th and Early 20th Century Europe and North America in the Print and Drawing Study Center

Most people are familiar with political cartoons that grace the editorial sections of newspapers. The use of humor helps take the sharp sting out of political commentary. However, artists making social and political commentaries is nothing new. This exhibition features artists who used humor and satire in the late 19th century through the first decades of the 20th century.  Many of the works were published for the masses in newspapers and broadsheets.  Common traits include a facility for characterization in few lines and exaggeration of form and movement.

Included are works by Honoré Daumier, Francisco de Goya, George Grosz, Guadalupe Posada, and American artists William Gropper, Thomas Nast, among others.

This exhibition is supported by the Edward D. and Ione Auer Foundation.