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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Ratapoil, 1851

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Ratapoil, 1851

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Les Canotiers Parisiens (20 works), 1843

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Les Canotiers Parisiens (20 works), 1843

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Figurenskizze (Zwei Figuren und zwei Tiere)...

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Figurenskizze (Zwei Figuren und zwei Tiere)...

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Un wagon de troisième classe

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Un wagon de troisième classe

Sale Date: December 1, 2012

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Folge von 8 Blatt Karikaturen (portfolio of 8)

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Folge von 8 Blatt Karikaturen (portfolio of 8)

Sale Date: November 21, 2012

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Folge von 7 Blatt Karikaturen (7 works from...

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Folge von 7 Blatt Karikaturen (7 works from...

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Cavaliers, 1855

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Cavaliers, 1855

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Pauvre France, 1871

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Pauvre France, 1871

Sale Date: November 23, 2012

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A Travers les Ateliers, 1862

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A Travers les Ateliers, 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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Le Nouveau Paris, 1862

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Le Nouveau Paris, 1862

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Le Dimanche au Jardin des Plantes, 1862

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Le Dimanche au Jardin des Plantes, 1862

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En Chemin de Fer .. Un Voisin agréable, 1862

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En Chemin de Fer .. Un Voisin agréable, 1862

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Madeleine-Bastille, 1862

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Madeleine-Bastille, 1862

Sale Date: November 23, 2012

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Le Gamin de Paris aux Tuileries, 1848

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Le Gamin de Paris aux Tuileries, 1848

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Celui-là, on peut le mettre en liberté! Il..., 1834

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Celui-là, on peut le mettre en liberté! Il..., 1834

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Très hauts et très puissans moutards et..., 1834

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Très hauts et très puissans moutards et..., 1834

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Passe ton Chemin, Cochon, 1830

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Passe ton Chemin, Cochon, 1830

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Büste des Jean-Marie Harle aus der Serie der...

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Büste des Jean-Marie Harle aus der Serie der...

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Disgust Personified

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Disgust Personified

Sale Date: November 3, 2012

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Pelet de la Lozère

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Pelet de la Lozère

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Buste charge tiré des Célébrités du juste milieu

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Buste charge tiré des Célébrités du juste milieu

Sale Date: October 24, 2012

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M. Pot de Naz * M. d'Argo * M. Guiz (3..., 1833

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M. Pot de Naz * M. d'Argo * M. Guiz (3..., 1833

Sale Date: October 31, 2012

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L'Âne et les Deux Voleurs, 1862

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L'Âne et les Deux Voleurs, 1862

Sale Date: October 31, 2012

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