1844
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Désolé ... Je suis de la société des philantropes du nord ... is a 1844 ink by Honoré Daumier, a Romanticism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This painting shows a man, a woman, and two children in a city scene. The woman holds a baby, and they all look concerned. Their clothes and expressions tell us about their hard life. The details in their clothes and faces make this scene feel real. It gives us a glimpse into the lives of people struggling in the city. To learn more about the method used to create this image, look into the technique: lithography.
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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