1839
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Le Vieux Pécheur is a 1839 ink by Honoré Daumier, a Romanticism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
A man with puffy cheeks leans into a rainy day, fishing pole in hand. His friend beside him squints against the gloom. Both wear rough coats, their faces full of quiet effort. Daumier made this with a greasy crayon on stone, then inked the slab to print. The process—lithography—lets artists draw like painters but print like posters. It’s why the lines feel so alive. If you like this bold style, try 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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