1851
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Oh! Papa, papa ...v'la un beau ... is a 1851 ink by Honoré Daumier, a Impressionism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
You see a lively scene in a toy shop with people looking at toys on the wall. The child in the scene is excitedly pointing at the toys. This tells us something about how people lived back then, and how artists like Daumier saw the humor in everyday life. Check out the work of artist: Daumier, Honoré, to see more of his everyday life scenes.
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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