1852
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Ce qu'on est convenue d'appeler un rafraichissement is a 1852 ink by Honoré Daumier, a Impressionism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This lithograph shows three men seated at a round table, eating and drinking. One man dips his glass in a bucket of water. Another smokes a pipe. The third holds a bottle. Daumier made this during the 1850s. It pokes fun at France’s growing middle class. Their lazy posture and simple pleasures feel exaggerated on purpose. If this style grabs you, check out more by Daumier, Honoré.
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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