1852
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Invasion es wagons un jour ou l'on fait partir is a 1852 ink by Honoré Daumier, a Impressionism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
The painting shows a crowded train station with people rushing to catch a train. The scene is chaotic, with exaggerated figures in old-fashioned clothes. This lithograph is interesting because it gives us a glimpse of what life was like in the 19th century, with people traveling by train. You can learn more about this style of art by looking into the technique of 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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