1851
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Le Soir. Cerf et Herons is a 1851 ink by Karl Bodmer, a Romanticism work, depicting Hunting, held at National Gallery of Art.
This lithograph shows a forest at dusk, deer drinking from a stream and herons standing tall in the water. Bodmer made this in the 1830s on a trip west to document Native American life and nature. He used lithography, a new print method then, to capture fine details and soft shadows. Look for the same dark-light balance in works by Bodmer, Karl.
Johann Carl Bodmer (11 February 1809 – 30 October 1893) was a Swiss-French printmaker, etcher, lithographer, zinc engraver, draughtsman, painter, illustrator, and hunter.
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