1855
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Vue prise a la buvette pendant la canicule is a 1855 ink by Honoré Daumier, a Impressionism work, depicting Drinking, held at National Gallery of Art.
You see four people in a crowded room, drinking and talking. They are caricatures with big noses and facial expressions. The artist used satire to show what people do when it's really hot outside. The people in the picture are enjoying drinks, but they look silly. The artist made their faces and bodies look funny on purpose. This tells us about how people acted in crowded places a long time ago. You can learn more about this kind of art 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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