1844
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Manière ingénieuse de décharger les toites ... is a 1844 ink by Honoré Daumier, a Romanticism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
You see a snowy urban scene with three people in the midst of falling snow. The scene shows a moment of surprise and daily life in winter. It highlights how people interact with their environment, showing details of clothing and architecture. The artist paid attention to how people dressed and the buildings around them. To learn more about the process used to create this image, look up 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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