1855
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Dominant colour
Ah! Ciel, ma plus belle potiche! ... is a 1855 ink by Honoré Daumier, a Impressionism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
You see a lively scene with two men and a woman in a room. The woman is gesturing, and the men look surprised. This scene shows how good Daumier was at drawing people interacting. The room has lots of details, like furniture and decorations. Daumier paid attention to how people lived and what they said to each other. Check out the technique of lithography to learn more about how Daumier created this scene.
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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