1856
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Mr 'Prudhomme a la chasse is a 1856 ink by Honoré Daumier, a Impressionism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This painting shows two men outdoors, one holding a gun and birds, the other pointing at a flock of birds. The older man is Mr. Prudhomme, a character Daumier used to comment on everyday life. He's shown hunting, which was a common activity at the time. To learn more about the method 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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