1851
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Les ours is a 1851 ink by Karl Bodmer, a Romanticism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This etching shows two bears climbing a tree in a wooded area. One bear is halfway up, gripping the trunk, while the other sits higher, looking down. The background has dense bushes and branches, all drawn with careful lines. The artist used shading to show the bears’ fur texture and the tree’s rough bark. This style was common in the 1800s for detailed animal studies. Next, check out the technique: etching to see how artists like this made prints.
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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