1847
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
En Famille is a 1847 ink by Honoré Daumier, a Romanticism work, depicting Bathing, held at National Gallery of Art.
This lithograph shows a tired-looking family in a cramped room. The father slumps in a chair, while the mother holds a baby. Their clothes look worn and the walls are bare. Daumier made this to mock middle-class life in the 1800s. He used sharp lines to show how hard their lives really were. The way he draws faces makes them feel real and sad. It reminds me of his later work. 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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