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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Ratapoil, 1851

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Ratapoil, 1851

Sale Date: December 10, 2015

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THIRTY EIGHT PLATES FROM LES GENS DE..., 1845–1848

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THIRTY EIGHT PLATES FROM LES GENS DE..., 1845–1848

Sale Date: December 5, 2015

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La Chanteuse de Rue

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La Chanteuse de Rue

Sale Date: December 15, 2015

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ETUDE DE PERSONNAGES AND ETUDE POUR LE MARCHÉ: A

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ETUDE DE PERSONNAGES AND ETUDE POUR LE MARCHÉ: A

Sale Date: December 7, 2015

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Madeleine-Bastille, 1862

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Madeleine-Bastille, 1862

Sale Date: December 2, 2015

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Le Nouveau Paris, 1862

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Le Nouveau Paris, 1862

Sale Date: December 2, 2015

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Au Jardin des Plantes, 1862

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Au Jardin des Plantes, 1862

Sale Date: December 2, 2015

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A la Varenne-Saint-Maur, 1862

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A la Varenne-Saint-Maur, 1862

Sale Date: December 2, 2015

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Portrait d'un bourgeois

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Portrait d'un bourgeois

Sale Date: November 13, 2015

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Coquetterie

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Coquetterie

Sale Date: November 13, 2015

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Trois spéctateurs

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Trois spéctateurs

Sale Date: November 13, 2015

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Amiral Verhuel ou Girod de l'Ain

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Amiral Verhuel ou Girod de l'Ain

Sale Date: October 14, 2015

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Masques De 1831, 1831

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Masques De 1831, 1831

Sale Date: September 26, 2015

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En délicatesse, aus der Folge

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En délicatesse, aus der Folge "Au Palais, 1866

Sale Date: October 24, 2015

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Buste de la série des célébrités du Juste..., 1832

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Buste de la série des célébrités du Juste..., 1832

Sale Date: October 4, 2015

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"Physionomies Tragico-Classiques"..., 1841

Sale Date: September 30, 2015

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Passep, 1837

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Passep, 1837

Sale Date: September 30, 2015

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Le Charivari, 24. Dezember 1851, 2. O mon Victor

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Le Charivari, 24. Dezember 1851, 2. O mon Victor

Sale Date: September 30, 2015

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Les Avocats

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Les Avocats

Sale Date: September 18, 2015

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A group of 6 caricatures for Caricaturana..., 1840

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A group of 6 caricatures for Caricaturana..., 1840

Sale Date: September 17, 2015

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Ainsi donc, pl. 28 (from Gens de Justice)

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Ainsi donc, pl. 28 (from Gens de Justice)

Sale Date: July 9, 2015

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Un ex-Lion

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Un ex-Lion

Sale Date: June 20, 2015

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Honoré Daumier und Amédée Ch. H. Cham. Album du...

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Honoré Daumier und Amédée Ch. H. Cham. Album du...

Sale Date: June 18, 2015

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S'apercevant qu'il a ... vendu la peau de..., 1870

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S'apercevant qu'il a ... vendu la peau de..., 1870

Sale Date: June 18, 2015

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