1866
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Dominant colour
Gentlemen en toilette de workhouse is a 1866 ink by Honoré Daumier, a Impressionism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
You see a night scene with people getting out of a carriage next to a building. The figures are caricatures with big features, which makes the scene look funny. The artist used strong contrasts to show the details, like the building labeled 'WORKHOUSE', and the people's body language is expressive. You can learn more about this style by looking 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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