1864
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Les Trains de plaisir is a 1864 ink by Honoré Daumier, a Impressionism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This sketch shows a packed train car. People are crammed together, some leaning out windows or holding poles. Their clothes look old-fashioned—hats, coats, and messy hair. One guy in the front is holding onto a pole while others press in around him. The train’s windows frame a blurry city outside. Daumier often drew everyday scenes like this, focusing on how crowded life could feel. The title, *Les Trains de plaisir*, means something like "pleasure trains," but the people here don’t look happy. Next, check out how lithography works—this sketch was made using that technique.
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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