August de domme 1894 - 1959

This is a print called August de domme by Lamouche. Look at the energy! It’s like a comic strip, each scene a little vignette. I’m thinking, what must it be like to create something like this? Lamouche is playing with flatness and depth, a hallmark of printmaking. I see figures piled on top of each other in the frame, it gives the work a real sense of compressed energy. And the horse - the horse with the stripy legs! That horse is kind of freaking me out, in a good way. The overall impression is lighthearted fun, a sort of joyful chaos. The figures are caught in a moment of exuberance, there is a real playfulness here. It’s great to think about how artists are always talking to each other across time, through their works. The artist here has done something really inspiring.