1855
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Monsieur Prudhomme ... Je me noie! ... is a 1855 ink by Honoré Daumier, a Impressionism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
You see two figures standing in water at a beach. The one in distress is clutching a rope, while the other is leaning on it. This contrast is interesting because it shows how people react differently to danger. Check out the technique: lithography, used by artist Daumier, Honoré, to create this image, which is also on display at other places, but you can look it up by 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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