1865
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Un réveil en sursaut is a 1865 ink by Honoré Daumier, a Impressionism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
You see two people sitting up in bed, looking surprised. They're surrounded by curtains and a bedside candle is lit. The candle's dim light creates shadows in the room. The way the artist drew the curtains and bedding is interesting. It looks like the people just woke up to something sudden. You can learn more about this kind of artwork by looking 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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