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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Mère allaitant son enfant

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Mère allaitant son enfant

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Homme assis dans un fauteuil

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Homme assis dans un fauteuil

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Don Quichotte et Sancho Pancha

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Don Quichotte et Sancho Pancha

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Études de personnages

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Études de personnages

Sale Date: June 26, 1998

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Don Quixote et Sancho Pansa, 1850–1851

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Don Quixote et Sancho Pansa, 1850–1851

Sale Date: June 25, 1998

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Tête de procureur

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Tête de procureur

Sale Date: June 17, 1998

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Ne vous y frottez pas!, 1834–1834

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Ne vous y frottez pas!, 1834–1834

Sale Date: June 13, 1998

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"C'était vraiment bien la peine de nous , 1835–1835

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Ils m'ont refusé ça...les ignares !!,..., 1859–1859

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Ils m'ont refusé ça...les ignares !!,..., 1859–1859

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Un rentier des bons royaux - Un rentier , 1834–1834

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Un rentier des bons royaux - Un rentier , 1834–1834

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Grand escalier du Palais de Justice,..., 1848–1848

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Grand escalier du Palais de Justice,..., 1848–1848

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"Très humbles, très soumis, très..., 1832–1832

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Sans Titre, pl.14, 1834–1834

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Sans Titre, pl.14, 1834–1834

Sale Date: June 11, 1998

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Croquis pris au théâtre, pl.4, 1864–1864

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Croquis pris au théâtre, pl.4, 1864–1864

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Actualités, pl.26, 1869–1869

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Actualités, pl.26, 1869–1869

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Les moments difficiles de la vie, pl.2, 1864–1864

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Les moments difficiles de la vie, pl.2, 1864–1864

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Actualités, pl.141, 1866–1866

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Actualités, pl.141, 1866–1866

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"Allons donc, cher confrères...", pl.7, 1845–1845

Sale Date: June 5, 1998

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"L'Avocat qui se trouve mal...", pl.30, 1846–1846

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"La cour, vidant le déliberé...", pl.4, 1845–1845

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"Voila le Minstére public qui vous dit..., 1849–1849

Sale Date: May 27, 1998

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Un bouquiniste dans l'ivresse, 1844–1844

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Un bouquiniste dans l'ivresse, 1844–1844

Sale Date: May 14, 1998

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Trois spectateurs

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Trois spectateurs

Sale Date: May 6, 1998

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Le boucher, marché Montmartre, 1857–1858

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Le boucher, marché Montmartre, 1857–1858

Sale Date: May 5, 1998

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