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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En v'là un, il pourrait bien être malheureux , 1862

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En v'là un, il pourrait bien être malheureux , 1862

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Le nouveau Paris, pl.3 (from Souvenirs..., 1862

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Le nouveau Paris, pl.3 (from Souvenirs..., 1862

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Le dimanche au Jardin des Plantes, pl.2..., 1862

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Le dimanche au Jardin des Plantes, pl.2..., 1862

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Madeleine-Bastille, pl.1 (from Souvenirs..., 1862

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Madeleine-Bastille, pl.1 (from Souvenirs..., 1862

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Ne manquez pas de me répliquer, moi je vous..., 1851

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Ne manquez pas de me répliquer, moi je vous..., 1851

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Charges du jour (portfolio of 30 w/title), 1859

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Charges du jour (portfolio of 30 w/title), 1859

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Encore perdu en Cour Royale, pl.34 (from Les...

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Encore perdu en Cour Royale, pl.34 (from Les...

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L'avocat qui se trouve mal, pl.30 (from Les gens

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L'avocat qui se trouve mal, pl.30 (from Les gens

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Quel dommage que cette charmante petite..., 1846

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Quel dommage que cette charmante petite..., 1846

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Mon cher monsieur, il m'est absolument..., 1846

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Mon cher monsieur, il m'est absolument..., 1846

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Proverbes et maximes (portfolio of 12), 1840

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Proverbes et maximes (portfolio of 12), 1840

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Enfoncé Lafayette! ... Attrappe, mon vieux!, 1834

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Enfoncé Lafayette! ... Attrappe, mon vieux!, 1834

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Très humbles, très soumis, très obéissants..., 1832

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Très humbles, très soumis, très obéissants..., 1832

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L'Imagination, pl. 4 (+ 9 others; 10 works), 1833

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L'Imagination, pl. 4 (+ 9 others; 10 works), 1833

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Allons donc, chers confrères..., pl. 7 (from , 1845

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Allons donc, chers confrères..., pl. 7 (from , 1845

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Plus souvent que je te conduirai encore au..., 1845

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Plus souvent que je te conduirai encore au..., 1845

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Le constitutionel et le juif errant, planche , 1844

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Le constitutionel et le juif errant, planche , 1844

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Canotiers parisiens, pl. 1 (+ 8 others,..., 1843

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Canotiers parisiens, pl. 1 (+ 8 others,..., 1843

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Les journaux chez l'épicier, 1842

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Les journaux chez l'épicier, 1842

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Moeurs conjugales, pl. 37 (+ 5 others,..., 1841

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Moeurs conjugales, pl. 37 (+ 5 others,..., 1841

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Ici on fait la barbe et la queue proprement, 1833

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Ici on fait la barbe et la queue proprement, 1833

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Bé sûr qu'elle mange trop c'te dame, pl. 422 , 1857

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Bé sûr qu'elle mange trop c'te dame, pl. 422 , 1857

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Ratapoil, 1850–1851

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Ratapoil, 1850–1851

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Dupin (Dupin aîné), 1830–1835

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Dupin (Dupin aîné), 1830–1835

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