1855
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Entrez donc dans la mer sans crainte ... is a 1855 ink by Honoré Daumier, a Impressionism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
You see two people at the edge of the water. One is moving into the surf, the other is already in. Their body language shows different feelings, like one is eager and the other is scared. This contrast makes the scene interesting. It shows how people can feel different ways about the same thing. The artist made this scene simple, but it still tells us a lot about how people feel. To learn more about this kind of art, look into 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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