1857
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
M. Coste, s'apercevant qu'a force de tirer is a 1857 ink by Honoré Daumier, a Impressionism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
The painting shows a man bending over, looking at dead fish on the ground. He's in a simple outdoor setting with trees and a dry streambed. The man's face is exaggerated, which is typical of the artist's style. The scene seems to comment on human mistakes and their consequences. To learn more about this style of printmaking, look at the technique: lithography.
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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