1856
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
En contemplation devant le vaisseau de l'opera is a 1856 ink by Honoré Daumier, a Impressionism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This lithograph shows people in a theater box, watching a performance. They seem engaged, with different facial expressions. The central figure is a bald man in a striped suit, with a woman and another person beside him. He's looking straight ahead, while they look at him or away. This artwork is interesting because it shows how people react differently to the same thing. To learn more about the method used to create this piece, look up 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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