1847
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Un Jour de grande toilette is a 1847 ink by Honoré Daumier, a Romanticism work, depicting Bathing, held at National Gallery of Art.
You see a woman getting ready for a big day, surrounded by her maid and lots of clothes. The interesting thing about this work is that it shows a scene from everyday life, which was a common theme in many artworks at the time. It's a quiet moment, but it tells us a lot about the people in it. To learn more about the process used to create this artwork, look 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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