1850
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Ce qu'on voit a peu près tous les jours is a 1850 ink by Honoré Daumier, a Impressionism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This lithograph shows a crowded hall where people listen to a speaker at a podium. Behind a curtain, two men whisper. One holds a paper—maybe a secret note. Daumier made this in 1850, when France was tense after a revolution. Lithography let him print sharp, quick images for newspapers. The scene feels real because of how he carved the shadows. See how bold the lines are? That’s lithography. Try 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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