1858
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Les bains a quatre sous is a 1858 ink by Honoré Daumier, a Impressionism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
You see a busy indoor scene with people doing different things. The scene shows people getting out of the water, surrounded by nets. It also shows entertainers performing acrobatics above them. People are moving and having fun together. The lines are bold and the composition is lively. This artwork is interesting because it shows a lot of movement and energy. To learn more about this kind of artwork, 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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