1840
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Le Barbillon entraine... is a 1840 ink by Honoré Daumier, a Romanticism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This sketch shows two men fishing by a riverbank. One stands on shore, leaning on a long pole, while the other kneels in shallow water, holding a net. The scene is drawn in rough, quick lines with dark shading. A basket and a small fire sit on the bank behind them. The artist used a sketchy style to show movement and effort. This was made as a lithograph, a printing method that lets artists draw directly onto stone. Next, check out lithography to see how this technique works.
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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