1858
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Aux bains Deligny is a 1858 ink by Honoré Daumier, a Impressionism work, depicting Bathing, held at National Gallery of Art.
This lithograph shows a busy scene at a Paris swimming spot called Deligny’s Baths. People climb a wooden ladder in and out of the water. The artist piles up small figures like puzzle pieces to show how crowded it got. Daumier loved poking fun at daily life. He made this print in 1858, years before the newer bathing craze. The marks on the stone catch quick gestures—one figure looks like he’s about to slip. Check out another print by Daumier, Honoré if you like this sharp, funny take on modern life.
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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