1852
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Manquant le convoi is a 1852 ink by Honoré Daumier, a Impressionism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
You see three people rushing to catch a train in the rain. They're shown in a funny, exaggerated way. Their big heads and faces show how frustrated they are to miss their train. This painting is interesting because it shows what travel was like during the railway age. People often had to rush to catch their trains, and it was frustrating when they missed them. 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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