1857
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Dominant colour
Les Parisiens dans l'attente de le ... is a 1857 ink by Honoré Daumier, a Impressionism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
You see people outside, looking up at the sky with curious faces. They're standing in a city, under a night sky with stars. The people seem to be waiting for something, and they're all looking up together, which is interesting because it shows how people can be connected by a shared experience. This connection between people is a common theme in many artworks from this time. The artist is showing how people can be brought together by something as simple as looking up at the sky. 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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