1840
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Le dernier bain! is a 1840 ink by Honoré Daumier, a Romanticism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This lithograph shows a person biting a rope, tied up and leaning over a platform. The figure stands out against a plain, light background. A fisherman in the distance adds a quiet contrast. Daumier used bold shapes and dark lines to show tension. The rope and tied feet suggest struggle and danger. This wasn’t just art—it was a political statement too. Look up lithography to see how artists like Daumier made prints this way.
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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