1858
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Oh! Le gueux ... il a été mourir la ... is a 1858 ink by Honoré Daumier, a Impressionism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This painting shows two men standing near a dead hare on railway tracks, with a steam train approaching in the background. The scene is sombre and reflective, with the men seemingly lost in thought. The presence of the train and the rural backdrop adds to the mood. To learn more about the art of printing images like this, 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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