1854
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Faut-il qu'un animal soit bête is a 1854 ink by Honoré Daumier, a Impressionism work, depicting Hunting, held at National Gallery of Art.
Daumier’s lithograph shows two hunters in a field, one aiming his gun, while a rabbit suddenly bolts away. Their stiff poses and blank faces make them look silly, not fierce. The artist used soft shading to keep the mood light. He made fun of hunting culture in 1850s France, where people hunted for sport, not food. If you like this dry humor, look up Daumier, Honoré.
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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