1847
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Désagrément d'aller a la pêche... is a 1847 ink by Honoré Daumier, a Romanticism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
A man sits on a rocky shore, squinting as he pulls in a fishing line. His hat is pulled low, and his basket sits beside him, empty. The water is calm, with a few ships far off in the distance. Notice how the artist uses loose, sketchy lines to show the man’s frustration. The scene feels quick and real, like a snapshot of daily life. Try looking up lithography to see how this print was made.
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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