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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Allegorische Figur - Heraklit

Honoré Daumier

Allegorische Figur - Heraklit

Sale Date: September 24, 2016

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Le Roi Minos

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Le Roi Minos

Sale Date: February 18, 2017

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Le Nouveau Paris, 1862

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Le Nouveau Paris, 1862

Sale Date: December 27, 2016

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Madeleine-Bastille, 1862

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Madeleine-Bastille, 1862

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A la Varenne-Saint-Maur, 1862

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A la Varenne-Saint-Maur, 1862

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Au Jardin des Plantes, 1862

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Au Jardin des Plantes, 1862

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Portrait d'homme

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Portrait d'homme

Sale Date: November 16, 2016

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Die Familie auf der Barrikade

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Die Familie auf der Barrikade

Sale Date: November 18, 2016

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BONS BOURGEOIS & CROQUIS PARISIENS (3 works)

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BONS BOURGEOIS & CROQUIS PARISIENS (3 works)

Sale Date: November 7, 2016

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CROQUIS PARISIEN (19 works)

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CROQUIS PARISIEN (19 works)

Sale Date: November 7, 2016

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Croquis parisiens: Nouveau procédé, 1840–1850

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Croquis parisiens: Nouveau procédé, 1840–1850

Sale Date: November 10, 2016

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Photographe et photographié (autoportrait), 1840

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Photographe et photographié (autoportrait), 1840

Sale Date: November 10, 2016

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Scène de marché

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Scène de marché

Sale Date: November 11, 2016

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LA CARICATURE (bk w/14 works)

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LA CARICATURE (bk w/14 works)

Sale Date: November 10, 2016

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ÉTUDE DE PERSONNAGES AND ÉTUDE POUR LE MARCHÉ...

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ÉTUDE DE PERSONNAGES AND ÉTUDE POUR LE MARCHÉ...

Sale Date: October 29, 2016

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LA CONSULTATION (LE MÉDECIN ET SON MALADE - LE...

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LA CONSULTATION (LE MÉDECIN ET SON MALADE - LE...

Sale Date: October 29, 2016

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Les Figurines (24 works)

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Les Figurines (24 works)

Sale Date: November 16, 2016

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Montlosier François Dominique Reynaud, comte de...

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Montlosier François Dominique Reynaud, comte de...

Sale Date: October 23, 2016

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L'homme au chapeau haut de forme

Honoré Daumier

L'homme au chapeau haut de forme

Sale Date: October 19, 2016

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Ratapoil

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Ratapoil

Sale Date: October 12, 2016

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Collection of approximately 200..., 1835–1845

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Collection of approximately 200..., 1835–1845

Sale Date: September 22, 2016

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Laurent Cunin-Gridaine (Le Mauvais), 1832–1835

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Laurent Cunin-Gridaine (Le Mauvais), 1832–1835

Sale Date: September 22, 2016

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Voilà le ministère public qui vous dit des..., 1846

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Voilà le ministère public qui vous dit des..., 1846

Sale Date: September 22, 2016

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Grand escalier de Palais de Justice, vue de..., 1848

Honoré Daumier

Grand escalier de Palais de Justice, vue de..., 1848

Sale Date: September 22, 2016

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