1848
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Eh! Ben, v'la du propre! ... on dit ... is a 1848 ink by Honoré Daumier, a Romanticism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
You see two women in a simple room, one sitting and one standing. They seem to be in the middle of a conversation. The standing woman's dress and posture suggest she's talking about something important. The seated woman looks interested, and their body language shows they're comfortable with each other. This painting gives us a glimpse into everyday life in 19th-century France. The women's clothes and the room's decor are typical of that time. The artist used lithography to create this scene, and to learn more about this technique, look into 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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