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

Related Artists

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

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PRIMO SAIGNARE, DEINDE PURGARE... ..., 1833–1853

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PRIMO SAIGNARE, DEINDE PURGARE... ..., 1833–1853

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LE VENTRE LEGISLATIF, 1834

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LE VENTRE LEGISLATIF, 1834

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ENFONCE LAFAYETTE!...ATTRAPPE MON VIEUX!, 1834

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ENFONCE LAFAYETTE!...ATTRAPPE MON VIEUX!, 1834

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EN V'LA UN, IL POURRAIT BIEN ETRE..., 1862

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EN V'LA UN, IL POURRAIT BIEN ETRE..., 1862

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JE N'AI JAMAIS TANT RI QU'A L'ENTERREMENT DE , 1862

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JE N'AI JAMAIS TANT RI QU'A L'ENTERREMENT DE , 1862

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TRES HAUTS ERT TRES PUISSANS MOUTARDS ET..., 1834

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TRES HAUTS ERT TRES PUISSANS MOUTARDS ET..., 1834

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LE DIMANCHE AU JARDIN DES PLANTES, FROM..., 1862

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LE DIMANCHE AU JARDIN DES PLANTES, FROM..., 1862

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NE VOUS Y FROTTEZ PAS!!, 1834

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NE VOUS Y FROTTEZ PAS!!, 1834

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LE NOUVEAU PARIS, FROM SOUVENIRS D'ARTISTES, 1862

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LE NOUVEAU PARIS, FROM SOUVENIRS D'ARTISTES, 1862

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COMTE PORTALIS-DUC DE BASSANO-COMTE DE..., 1835

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COMTE PORTALIS-DUC DE BASSANO-COMTE DE..., 1835

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MADELEINE BASTILLE, FROM SOUVENIRS D'ARTISTES, 1862

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MADELEINE BASTILLE, FROM SOUVENIRS D'ARTISTES, 1862

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PHYSIOGNOMIES TRAGICO-CLASSIQUES, 1841

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PHYSIOGNOMIES TRAGICO-CLASSIQUES, 1841

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EN CHEMIN DE FER...UN VOISIN AGREABLE, 1862

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EN CHEMIN DE FER...UN VOISIN AGREABLE, 1862

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A TRAVERS LES ATELIERS, FROM SOUVNEIRS..., 1862

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A TRAVERS LES ATELIERS, FROM SOUVNEIRS..., 1862

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NADAR ELEVANT LA PHOTOGRAPHIE A AL HAUTEUR..., 1862

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NADAR ELEVANT LA PHOTOGRAPHIE A AL HAUTEUR..., 1862

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JE N'AI JAMAIS TANT RI QU'A L'ENTERREMENT DE , 1862

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JE N'AI JAMAIS TANT RI QU'A L'ENTERREMENT DE , 1862

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EN CHEMIN DE FER...UN VOISIN AGREABLE, 1862

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EN CHEMIN DE FER...UN VOISIN AGREABLE, 1862

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RUE TRANSNONAIN, LE 15 AVRIL 1834, 1834

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RUE TRANSNONAIN, LE 15 AVRIL 1834, 1834

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LE NOUVEAU PARIS, FROM SOUVENIRS D'ARTISTES, 1862

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LE NOUVEAU PARIS, FROM SOUVENIRS D'ARTISTES, 1862

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AVANT L'AUDIENCE - L'AVOCAT ET SON CLIENT, 1855–1860

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AVANT L'AUDIENCE - L'AVOCAT ET SON CLIENT, 1855–1860

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Le Petit Proprietaire, 1840

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Le Petit Proprietaire, 1840

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Le Visiteur, 1840

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Le Visiteur, 1840

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L'Amoureux, 1840

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L'Amoureux, 1840

Sale Date: December 1, 1992

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LES ELEVES DE L'INSTITUTION PASCAREAU

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LES ELEVES DE L'INSTITUTION PASCAREAU

Sale Date: November 30, 1992

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