1851
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Le Nid abandonné is a 1851 ink by Honoré Daumier, a Impressionism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This drawing shows a group of small, scrawny figures huddled together in a nest. The nest sits on the ground, half-buried in dirt and rocks. Above them, a few birds fly or perch in the sky, which looks stormy and dark. The artist used quick, sketchy lines to make everything look rough and uneven. The figures seem lost or forgotten, while the birds above them don’t pay much attention. Next, look up Daumier, Honoré to see how he used art to tell stories about everyday struggles.
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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