1858
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Paris grippé is a 1858 ink by Honoré Daumier, a Impressionism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This lithograph shows a Paris street packed with people in heavy winter coats. Some wear hats tied tight with scarves. Faces look tired and cold. Daumier used bold lines to show crowds pressing close. The dark ink makes coats stand out against a pale sky. It’s a snapshot of 1850s Paris—when winter felt especially harsh. Check out how Daumier does this in 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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