Sur les boulevards de Paris
1848
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
1848
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Sur les boulevards de Paris is a 1848 ink by Honoré Daumier, a Romanticism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
You see two men in top hats talking on a busy Paris street. They're looking at a document together. The men are dressed nicely, which suggests they're from a higher social class. This picture shows what life was like in Paris back then. The artist included lots of details, like the people walking around them. To learn more about this style of art, look into the technique: lithography.
