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

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L'epouilleuse

Honoré Daumier

L'epouilleuse

Sale Date: November 29, 1989

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Ratapoil, 1850–1850

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Ratapoil, 1850–1850

Sale Date: November 28, 1989

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COMBIEN JE REGRETTE, AND SILHOUETTES (L. D. 850)

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COMBIEN JE REGRETTE, AND SILHOUETTES (L. D. 850)

Sale Date: November 28, 1989

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LA DIMANCHE AU JARDIN DES PLANTES, FROM...

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LA DIMANCHE AU JARDIN DES PLANTES, FROM...

Sale Date: November 28, 1989

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Don Quixote et Sancho se rendant aux..., 1850–1850

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Don Quixote et Sancho se rendant aux..., 1850–1850

Sale Date: November 27, 1989

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L'ELEGANT OU L'AMOUREUX, VERS 1885, 1855–1855

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L'ELEGANT OU L'AMOUREUX, VERS 1885, 1855–1855

Sale Date: November 23, 1989

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LE PROVINCIAL A PARIS, VERS 1885

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LE PROVINCIAL A PARIS, VERS 1885

Sale Date: November 23, 1989

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LE VALET DE CHAMBRE

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LE VALET DE CHAMBRE

Sale Date: November 23, 1989

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LA SOUPE OU MATERNITE

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LA SOUPE OU MATERNITE

Sale Date: November 19, 1989

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LA GARDE MALADE (LA VEILLE)

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LA GARDE MALADE (LA VEILLE)

Sale Date: November 16, 1989

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MERE ET ENFANT

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MERE ET ENFANT

Sale Date: November 16, 1989

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Buste d'homme

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Buste d'homme

Sale Date: November 15, 1989

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GROUP DE TROIS PERSONNAGES (BACCHANTES: , 1857–1860

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GROUP DE TROIS PERSONNAGES (BACCHANTES: , 1857–1860

Sale Date: November 15, 1989

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Après le bain, 1846–1846

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Après le bain, 1846–1846

Sale Date: November 15, 1989

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Le pont Henri IV - Notre-Dame de Paris sous la...

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Le pont Henri IV - Notre-Dame de Paris sous la...

Sale Date: November 13, 1989

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Le porte Parisien, 1835–1840

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Le porte Parisien, 1835–1840

Sale Date: November 13, 1989

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Le bon vivant, 1852–1852

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Le bon vivant, 1852–1852

Sale Date: November 13, 1989

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Le confident, 1845–1850

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Le confident, 1845–1850

Sale Date: November 13, 1989

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Le visiteur, 1855–1860

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Le visiteur, 1855–1860

Sale Date: November 13, 1989

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Le petit propiétaire, 1855–1860

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Le petit propiétaire, 1855–1860

Sale Date: November 13, 1989

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Le monsieur qui ricane, 1849–1850

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Le monsieur qui ricane, 1849–1850

Sale Date: November 13, 1989

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Tête d'homme en chapeau haut de forme, 1835–1835

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Tête d'homme en chapeau haut de forme, 1835–1835

Sale Date: October 25, 1989

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TETE D'HOMME SOURIANT

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TETE D'HOMME SOURIANT

Sale Date: October 25, 1989

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Don Quixote et Sancho Pansa

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Don Quixote et Sancho Pansa

Sale Date: June 28, 1989

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