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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Portrait-charge d’Alexandre Pataille..., 1833

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Portrait-charge d’Alexandre Pataille..., 1833

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Portrait-charge d’Alexandre Lecomte (1788-..., 1833

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Portrait-charge d’Alexandre Lecomte (1788-..., 1833

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Portrait-charge du conte Charles de Lameth..., 1833

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Portrait-charge du conte Charles de Lameth..., 1833

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Portrait-charge du Clément Prunelle..., 1833

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Portrait-charge du Clément Prunelle..., 1833

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Portrait-charge de Joachim Gaudry (1808-1879), 1833

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Portrait-charge de Joachim Gaudry (1808-1879), 1833

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Portrait-charge du baron Benjamin Delessert..., 1833

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Portrait-charge du baron Benjamin Delessert..., 1833

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Portait-charge du baron Jacques Delort..., 1833

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Portait-charge du baron Jacques Delort..., 1833

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Les Émigrants, 1862–1878

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Les Émigrants, 1862–1878

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La blanchisseuse, 1855–1860

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La blanchisseuse, 1855–1860

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Un vieux juge

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Un vieux juge

Sale Date: November 15, 2018

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Tête d'homme

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Tête d'homme

Sale Date: November 15, 2018

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Third Class Carriage, 1862

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Third Class Carriage, 1862

Sale Date: November 17, 2018

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Don Quixote Attacking

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Don Quixote Attacking

Sale Date: November 9, 2018

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Les Avocats et les Plaideurs., 1851

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Les Avocats et les Plaideurs., 1851

Sale Date: November 1, 2018

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TÊTE D'HOMME

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TÊTE D'HOMME

Sale Date: October 18, 2018

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TÊTE DE FEMME

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TÊTE DE FEMME

Sale Date: October 18, 2018

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Le monsieur qui ricane

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Le monsieur qui ricane

Sale Date: October 5, 2018

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Jean Pons Guillaume Viennet (1777-1868) dit «le...

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Jean Pons Guillaume Viennet (1777-1868) dit «le...

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* Baron Joseph de Podenas (1782-1851) dit...

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* Baron Joseph de Podenas (1782-1851) dit...

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* Pierre-Paul Royer-Collard (1763-1845) dit «le...

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* Pierre-Paul Royer-Collard (1763-1845) dit «le...

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* Charles Léonard Gallois (1789-1851) ou Léonard

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* Charles Léonard Gallois (1789-1851) ou Léonard

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* Clément François Victor Gabriel Prunelle...

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* Clément François Victor Gabriel Prunelle...

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* Jean Pons Guillaume Viennet (1777-1868) dit...

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* Jean Pons Guillaume Viennet (1777-1868) dit...

Sale Date: October 5, 2018

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* Antoine Odier (1766-1853) dit «le méprisant»

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* Antoine Odier (1766-1853) dit «le méprisant»

Sale Date: October 5, 2018

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