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.

Related Categories

19th-Century European and British Art, Prints and Multiples, Sculpture

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Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot, Gustave Courbet, Eugène Delacroix, Eugene Delacroix, Francisco Goya, Jean-François Millet

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Plaidoyer pour - Plaidoyer contre, pl.171

Honoré Daumier

Plaidoyer pour - Plaidoyer contre, pl.171

Sale Date: September 7, 1996

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

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

Sale Date: June 28, 1996

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Professeurs et moutards, 1845–1846

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Professeurs et moutards, 1845–1846

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Ratapoil, 1850

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Ratapoil, 1850

Sale Date: June 26, 1996

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Le bon vivant, 1840–1850

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Le bon vivant, 1840–1850

Sale Date: June 24, 1996

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Les amateurs d'estampes, 1860

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Les amateurs d'estampes, 1860

Sale Date: June 21, 1996

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Monsieur Viennet

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Monsieur Viennet

Sale Date: June 21, 1996

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Monsieur Gallois

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Monsieur Gallois

Sale Date: June 21, 1996

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Le ventre législatif, 1833–1834

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Le ventre législatif, 1833–1834

Sale Date: June 21, 1996

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Nous avons été magnifiques! pl.8, 1845

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Nous avons été magnifiques! pl.8, 1845

Sale Date: June 20, 1996

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Laissez dire un peu de mal de vous..., pl.32, 1847

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Laissez dire un peu de mal de vous..., pl.32, 1847

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Et parlant à sa portière ainsi declarée...,..., 1845

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Et parlant à sa portière ainsi declarée...,..., 1845

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Repos de la France, 1834

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Repos de la France, 1834

Sale Date: June 20, 1996

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Un avocat qui évidemment est rempli de la..., 1845

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Un avocat qui évidemment est rempli de la..., 1845

Sale Date: June 20, 1996

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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

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Grand escalier du Palais de Justice, pl.36, 1848

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Grand escalier du Palais de Justice, pl.36, 1848

Sale Date: June 20, 1996

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Physionomie tragico-classique, 1841

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Physionomie tragico-classique, 1841

Sale Date: June 20, 1996

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Une péroraison à la Démosthène, pl.33, 1847

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Une péroraison à la Démosthène, pl.33, 1847

Sale Date: June 20, 1996

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

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

Sale Date: June 20, 1996

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Chaud! Chaud! Bertrand..., 1837

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Chaud! Chaud! Bertrand..., 1837

Sale Date: June 20, 1996

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Le saltimbanque

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Le saltimbanque

Sale Date: June 19, 1996

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Je n'ai jamais tant ri qu'à l'enterrement de , 1862

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Je n'ai jamais tant ri qu'à l'enterrement de , 1862

Sale Date: June 13, 1996

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Naïvetés, pl.3, 1859

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Naïvetés, pl.3, 1859

Sale Date: June 13, 1996

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Les chemins de fer, pl.3, 1858

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Les chemins de fer, pl.3, 1858

Sale Date: June 13, 1996

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