1847
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Les Temps sont durs... is a 1847 ink by Honoré Daumier, a Romanticism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
Two men in old-fashioned suits and top hats stand on a rocky shore. The one on the left holds a cane, looking down with a serious face. The other man leans on a stick, talking to him. Their clothes are dark, and the background is a rough, sketchy sea. This sketch was made using a printing method that lets artists draw directly on stone. The lines are loose, almost like a quick sketch. Check out lithography to see how this was made.
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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