1852
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Dominant colour
Allons bourgeois, levez-vous vite... is a 1852 ink by Honoré Daumier, a Impressionism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This sketch shows a chaotic bedroom scene. A woman in a nightgown is tangled in bedsheets, her head buried under a pillow. Through an open window, a man in a robe stands awkwardly, holding a candle. Outside, two cats climb a curtain rod, and a third perches on the windowsill. The artist used quick, sketchy lines to show movement and chaos. The messy bed and the man’s surprised face suggest a sudden, dramatic moment. Next, check out lithography to see how artists like Daumier made prints like this.
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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