Honoré Daumier

(French, 1808–1879)

Honoré Daumier was a French painter and printmaker best known for his caricatures critiquing and satirizing society and politics in 19th-century France. His two most famous characters were the bourgeois Robert Macaire and the evil Ratapoil, each depicted with grotesquely exaggerated features. Born on February 26, 1808 in Marseille, France, the artist went on study at the Académie Suisse followed by a stint working for the Belliard publishing house, where he first learned lithography. During the rule of Louis Phillipe, he was imprisoned for his infamous depiction of the king as Gargantua (the gluttonous giant in François Rabelais’ novel) in the magazine La Caricature. Charles Baudelaire once said of Daumier that he was, “one of the most important men, I will not say only of caricature, but also of Modern Art.” Daumier’s works are in the collections of the Louvre Museum in Paris, The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam, the Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg, the National Gallery in London, and the Neue Pinakothek in Munich, among others. Daumier died on February 10, 1879 in Valmondois, France.

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19th-Century European and British Art, Prints and Multiples, Sculpture

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Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot, Gustave Courbet, Eugène Delacroix, Eugene Delacroix, Francisco Goya, Jean-François Millet

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M. le Juge a rendu sa Décision..., pl.25, 1846

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M. le Juge a rendu sa Décision..., pl.25, 1846

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Quel dommage que cette charmante...Femme..., , 1846

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Quel dommage que cette charmante...Femme..., , 1846

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L'Avocat qui se trouve mal, pl.30, 1846

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L'Avocat qui se trouve mal, pl.30, 1846

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Laissez dire un peu de Mal de vous..., pl.32, 1847

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Laissez dire un peu de Mal de vous..., pl.32, 1847

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Une péroraison à la Démosthène, pl.33, 1847

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Une péroraison à la Démosthène, pl.33, 1847

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Encore perdu en Cour royale...et il se..., 1848

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Encore perdu en Cour royale...et il se..., 1848

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Vous avez perdu votre ProcSs c'est vrai...,..., 1848

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Vous avez perdu votre ProcSs c'est vrai...,..., 1848

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Invention Charivarique (si l'on pouvait..., 1868

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Invention Charivarique (si l'on pouvait..., 1868

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Quand le Crime ne donne pas, pl.38, 1848

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Quand le Crime ne donne pas, pl.38, 1848

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Dernier Conseil des Ex-Ministres, 1848

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Dernier Conseil des Ex-Ministres, 1848

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Physionomie de l'Assemblée, 1849

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Physionomie de l'Assemblée, 1849

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Le Commerce un Jour d'_ch,ance, 1851

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Le Commerce un Jour d'_ch,ance, 1851

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Les Habitu,s des Cafés: Moi, J'ai pour..., 1851

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Les Habitu,s des Cafés: Moi, J'ai pour..., 1851

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Une Vente aux Enchères aux Champs-Élysées., 1851

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Une Vente aux Enchères aux Champs-Élysées., 1851

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- la Varenne-Saint-Maur, 1862

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- la Varenne-Saint-Maur, 1862

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Un D,fenseur...causant...dans son Cabinet..., 1846

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Un D,fenseur...causant...dans son Cabinet..., 1846

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La Cour, vidant Le Délibéré..., pl.4, 1845

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La Cour, vidant Le Délibéré..., pl.4, 1845

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Oui, on veut dépouiller cet Orphelin, pl.11, 1845

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Oui, on veut dépouiller cet Orphelin, pl.11, 1845

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Pastorales, 1845–1846

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Pastorales, 1845–1846

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Mr. Avocat a rendu pleine Justice..., pl.16, 1846

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Mr. Avocat a rendu pleine Justice..., pl.16, 1846

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Marius sur les Ruines de Carthage, 1867

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Marius sur les Ruines de Carthage, 1867

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Vous avez perdu votre Proc,s c'est vrai...,..., 1848

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Professeurs et Moutards, 1845–1846

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Professeurs et Moutards, 1845–1846

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Louis Blanc, 1849

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Louis Blanc, 1849

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