1851
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Les ours is a 1851 ink by Karl Bodmer, a Romanticism work, depicting Bear, held at National Gallery of Art.
This painting shows two bears in a natural setting. It's an etching, which is a technique where the artist scratches a design into a metal plate. The bears seem calm, and the surrounding environment is detailed. The artist used etching to create this piece, a technique similar to what artist Bodmer, Karl also used in other works, and you can learn more about this technique, etching.
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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