1858
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Vue prise aux bains a quatre sous is a 1858 ink by Honoré Daumier, a Impressionism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This lithograph shows a crowded 19th-century swimming pool. You see heads, caps, and shoulders packed together. Daumier adds small details like a woman adjusting her cap and a man reading a paper to show how people really acted. Lithography was new then. Artists used it to make bold lines and quick prints. Daumier often mocked society in his work. This one captures the mess of fun. If you like his style, try Daumier, Honoré.
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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