1859
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Ma femme ..., comme nous n'aurions pas ... is a 1859 ink by Honoré Daumier, a Impressionism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This lithograph shows people looking at artworks in a gallery. They are dressed in old-fashioned clothes. You can see many frames on the walls, and the people are studying them closely. The scene feels like it's from a long time ago. It's interesting because it shows how people used to experience art. To learn more about this kind of printmaking, 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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