Alphonse Daudet
1892
Félix Vallotton really didn't hold back when depicting French novelist Alphonse Daudet in 1892! In this biting caricature, the famous author of *Tartarin of Tarascon* is shown with a massive, weary head perched precariously on a tiny body sinking deep into an armchair. Vallotton, an artist linked to the Symbolist movement, was a master of capturing psychological essence through distortion. Given that Daudet was suffering from the painful late stages of syphilis at this time, that heavy-lidded, melancholic gaze isn't just an artistic exaggeration—it's a raw glimpse into a man in physical decline just five years before his death.
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