1865
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Dominant colour
Une journée de pluie is a 1865 ink by Honoré Daumier, a Impressionism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
You see a busy billiards hall where two men play. One swings his cue wildly at a ball. The other watches with a bored stare. The room’s details fade into rough, scratchy lines. Daumier used lithography here. It’s a printing method where grease meets stone. The rough edges show his bold style. The scene feels alive because of it. Look next at lithography if you like this print’s gritty charm.
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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