1846
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
Dominant colour
What the bourgeois calls a slight distraction is a 1846 by Honoré Daumier, a Romanticism work, held at Cleveland Museum of Art.
This painting shows a man sitting at a desk, looking distracted. He's surrounded by papers and seems to be daydreaming. The scene is simple, but it tells us something about everyday life. The artist is commenting on the people in power, the bourgeoisie. This was a common theme in his work. To learn more, look up the work of artist: Honoré Daumier (French, 1808–1879)
This print was published in Le Charivari (August 30 1846) as plate 14 from the series The Good Bourgeois.
Read the full account in the museum source.
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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