1865
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
A la campagne, pas de grèves de cochers ... (recto); Villageois économes se contentant ... (verso) is a 1865 ink by Honoré Daumier, a Impressionism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
You see a horse-drawn cart with four people in a simple landscape. The cart and horse are the main focus, but the people on it are also interesting. They seem to be from different social classes, which was a common theme in Daumier's work. He liked to show how people lived and interacted in daily life. This lithograph is a great example of Daumier's style, and to learn more, you can look into the technique: lithography.
Honoré-Victorin Daumier was a French painter, sculptor, and printmaker, whose many works offer commentary on the social and political life in France, from the Revolution of 1830 to the fall of the Second French Empire in 1870.
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