1855
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Un affreux cauchemar is a 1855 ink by Honoré Daumier, a Impressionism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
A man sleeps in a bed, surrounded by large vases that are falling and breaking. This scene is chaotic, even though it's set in a serene bedroom. The vases are shown midair, which adds to the sense of tension. It's like a dream, where things don't quite make sense. To learn more about the artist who created this lithograph, look up the technique of 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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