1864
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
On nous avait dit de venir dans ce pays ... is a 1864 ink by Honoré Daumier, a Impressionism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
You see two men facing each other in a forest with bare trees. They're dressed in heavy coats, which makes the scene feel cold. The contrast between their coats and the trees is interesting because it shows how hard it must have been for them to survive. The men's faces are serious, and their body language suggests they're having a tough conversation. This makes you wonder what they're talking about and what's going on in their lives. To learn more about the artist who created this scene, 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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