1853
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Je crois que c'est un lièvre... is a 1853 ink by Honoré Daumier, a Impressionism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This lithograph shows a man with a hunting rifle and a dog. His face is stretched and silly, like a cartoon. The background hints at a field, but the hare he’s hunting isn’t really there. Daumier was a political cartoonist who used humor to poke at France’s leaders. He got arrested for mocking the king in prints like this. His rough lines and bold shadows feel almost three-dimensional. Look up chiaroscuro to see how artists use light and dark for drama.
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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