1842
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Les Bains a vingt centimes, nouveau style is a 1842 ink by Honoré Daumier, a Romanticism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This sketch shows two men in a small, dimly lit room. One man stands stiffly, wearing a hat and long coat, while the other kneels awkwardly, reaching out with one arm. Behind them, a faint figure in the corner looks like a dancer. The floor is made of wooden planks, and the walls are plain. The title hints this might be a joke about a cheap dance hall. The artist used quick, sketchy lines to show movement and humor. Look up lithography to see how this sketch was made.
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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