1848
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Eh! Qu'est-ce qu'il y a de nouveau? ... is a 1848 ink by Honoré Daumier, a Romanticism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
Two men stand in a doorway. One leans in, pointing at something out of view. The other holds a pipe, looking bored or annoyed. Light hits the wall behind them. The room feels cramped. Daumier made this as a lithograph. Lithography prints fast with greasy ink on stone. He used it to mock politics and daily life. This one shows how people react to change. 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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