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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Un Nouveau Nez LACMA, 1833

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Un Nouveau Nez LACMA, 1833

Lux Aeterna Gallery

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Pierre Leroux, 1848

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Pierre Leroux, 1848

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La Portière

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La Portière

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Feuille d'études

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Feuille d'études

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L'accusation

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L'accusation

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Étude pour 'Joueurs de Domino' (Les trois joueurs)

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Étude pour 'Joueurs de Domino' (Les trois joueurs)

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Avocat et client (L'avocat et le paysan –...

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Avocat et client (L'avocat et le paysan –...

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Sancho Pansa et son âne, 1865

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Sancho Pansa et son âne, 1865

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Le Ventre législatif. Aspect des bancs..., 1834

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Le Ventre législatif. Aspect des bancs..., 1834

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Enfoncé Lafayette !, 1834

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Enfoncé Lafayette !, 1834

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Ta main vient d’immoler Britannicus ton..., 1841

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Ta main vient d’immoler Britannicus ton..., 1841

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Mon cher ! vous vous êtes admirablement bien , 1838

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Mon cher ! vous vous êtes admirablement bien , 1838

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Pl. de l’album Caricaturana (Les Robert..., 1838

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Pl. de l’album Caricaturana (Les Robert..., 1838

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Les Gens de justice, 1845–1848

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Les Gens de justice, 1845–1848

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Histoire ancienne, pl.4, 5, 11, 12, 13, , 1841–1843

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Histoire ancienne, pl.4, 5, 11, 12, 13, , 1841–1843

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Les Gens de justice, 1845–1848

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Les Gens de justice, 1845–1848

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Le Comte d’Argout

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Le Comte d’Argout

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Tête d'homme au chapeau haut-de-forme

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Tête d'homme au chapeau haut-de-forme

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Portrait charge de Jean Auguste Chevandier de...

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Portrait charge de Jean Auguste Chevandier de...

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L'Amateur d'Art, 1862

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L'Amateur d'Art, 1862

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Fragment de palette : figure dans un essai de...

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Fragment de palette : figure dans un essai de...

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Le Poète [D.R. 9657], 1860

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Le Poète [D.R. 9657], 1860

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L'Avocat saluant., 1840–1845

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L'Avocat saluant., 1840–1845

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Tête de bourgeois au chapeau haut-de-forme., 1855

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Tête de bourgeois au chapeau haut-de-forme., 1855

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