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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Comte d'Argout

Honoré Daumier

Comte d'Argout

Sale Date: June 27, 1989

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RECTO: ETUDE D'UN ACTEUR DANS UN ROLE CLASSIQUE...

Honoré Daumier

RECTO: ETUDE D'UN ACTEUR DANS UN ROLE CLASSIQUE...

Sale Date: May 10, 1989

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La consultation

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La consultation

Sale Date: April 5, 1989

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Ratapoil

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Ratapoil

Sale Date: April 5, 1989

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Les avocats (A l'audience), 1860–1860

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Les avocats (A l'audience), 1860–1860

Sale Date: April 4, 1989

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ETUDE D'HOMME, 1850–1850

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ETUDE D'HOMME, 1850–1850

Sale Date: February 22, 1989

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COMTE D'ARGOUT

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COMTE D'ARGOUT

Sale Date: February 22, 1989

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Don Quixote et Sancho Pansa, 1850–1852

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Don Quixote et Sancho Pansa, 1850–1852

Sale Date: November 16, 1988

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"Ce qu'on appelle, aller jouir à la..., 1843–1843

Sale Date: November 3, 1988

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Très hauts et très puissans moutards et , 1834–1834

Honoré Daumier

Très hauts et très puissans moutards et , 1834–1834

Sale Date: October 27, 1988

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Trois spectateurs, 1850–1860

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Trois spectateurs, 1850–1860

Sale Date: June 29, 1988

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Moeurs conjugales: Les plaisirs de la..., 1939–1939

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Moeurs conjugales: Les plaisirs de la..., 1939–1939

Sale Date: June 28, 1988

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Les émigrants

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Les émigrants

Sale Date: May 18, 1988

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En chemin de fer...Un voisin agréable, 1862–1862

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En chemin de fer...Un voisin agréable, 1862–1862

Sale Date: May 12, 1988

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Ratapoil, 1850–1850

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Ratapoil, 1850–1850

Sale Date: May 11, 1988

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Don Quixote et Sancho se rendant aux..., 1850–1850

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Don Quixote et Sancho se rendant aux..., 1850–1850

Sale Date: May 10, 1988

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Etude d'homme

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Etude d'homme

Sale Date: March 30, 1988

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Deux cavaliers avec trois chevaux

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Deux cavaliers avec trois chevaux

Sale Date: February 24, 1988

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LE CHASEUR BUVANT, 1850–1850

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LE CHASEUR BUVANT, 1850–1850

Sale Date: February 18, 1988

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La mardheuse ou La garde malade, 1841–1841

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La mardheuse ou La garde malade, 1841–1841

Sale Date: December 3, 1987

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Ratapoil

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Ratapoil

Sale Date: December 2, 1987

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Apollon, 1853–1853

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Apollon, 1853–1853

Sale Date: November 12, 1987

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La brouette, 1860

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La brouette, 1860

Sale Date: October 29, 1987

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LE RIEUR EDENTE

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LE RIEUR EDENTE

Sale Date: October 7, 1987

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