1846
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Aux petits des oisons, ils donnent la mangeaille ... is a 1846 ink by Honoré Daumier, a Romanticism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This lithograph shows a man and woman with fowl around them. They seem to be in a rural setting. The woman is interacting with the man, and there are birds nearby. The scene is domestic and everyday, which makes it interesting. It conveys a sense of humor and commentary on rural life. To learn more about this kind of printmaking, look up the technique: lithography.
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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