1839
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Intérieur d'un omnibus is a 1839 ink by Honoré Daumier, a Romanticism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This sketch shows two men crammed into a small space, one slumped with his head back, the other leaning in close. The man on the right wears a wide-brimmed hat and holds a newspaper. The background is blurry, but you can make out a few words and a faint outline of a carriage seat. The caption below says this is the inside of an omnibus, a kind of public carriage. The two men look like they’re arguing or at least very uncomfortable together. Look up lithography to see how artists like Daumier made prints on newsprint.
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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