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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Paysagistes au travail, 1862

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Paysagistes au travail, 1862

Sale Date: June 13, 1996

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Feuille d'études

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Feuille d'études

Sale Date: June 12, 1996

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Le Provincial à Paris, 1855

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Le Provincial à Paris, 1855

Sale Date: June 10, 1996

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Ne m'en parlez pas, ça fait pitié..., pl.8, 1841

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Ne m'en parlez pas, ça fait pitié..., pl.8, 1841

Sale Date: June 8, 1996

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Trois heures, pl.9, 1839

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Trois heures, pl.9, 1839

Sale Date: June 8, 1996

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Ai-je besoin d'eloquence.... pl.3, 1843

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Ai-je besoin d'eloquence.... pl.3, 1843

Sale Date: June 8, 1996

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Le niais (#20) Admiral Verhuel or Girod de L'Ain

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Le niais (#20) Admiral Verhuel or Girod de L'Ain

Sale Date: June 7, 1996

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Le ventre législatif, pl.18

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Le ventre législatif, pl.18

Sale Date: May 29, 1996

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Madeleine-Bastille, 1862

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Madeleine-Bastille, 1862

Sale Date: May 4, 1996

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Le dimanche au Jardin des Plantes, 1862

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Le dimanche au Jardin des Plantes, 1862

Sale Date: May 4, 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: May 4, 1996

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Album comique, pls.26-50, 1845–1846

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Album comique, pls.26-50, 1845–1846

Sale Date: May 3, 1996

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Feuille d'études avec sept croquis pour le...

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Feuille d'études avec sept croquis pour le...

Sale Date: May 2, 1996

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Le saltimbanque

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Le saltimbanque

Sale Date: May 2, 1996

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Scapin et Géronte

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Scapin et Géronte

Sale Date: May 2, 1996

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Feuille d'études avec un homme nu

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Feuille d'études avec un homme nu

Sale Date: May 2, 1996

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Le sauvetage, 1870

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Le sauvetage, 1870

Sale Date: April 30, 1996

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Jacques François Gilbert Lefebvre (l'esprit fin...

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Jacques François Gilbert Lefebvre (l'esprit fin...

Sale Date: April 19, 1996

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Jacques-Antoine Adrian, Baron Delort (le moqueur)

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Jacques-Antoine Adrian, Baron Delort (le moqueur)

Sale Date: April 19, 1996

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Ne vous y frottez pas!, pl.20, 1834

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Ne vous y frottez pas!, pl.20, 1834

Sale Date: March 26, 1996

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Le gâteux (Harle père)

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Le gâteux (Harle père)

Sale Date: March 20, 1996

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Le Dégoût personnifié (Fruchard)

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Le Dégoût personnifié (Fruchard)

Sale Date: March 20, 1996

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Caricaturana (Robert Macaire), 1836–1838

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Caricaturana (Robert Macaire), 1836–1838

Sale Date: January 22, 1996

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L'élégant, 1855

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L'élégant, 1855

Sale Date: December 15, 1995

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