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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Eine Dame wird über einen Graben getragen

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Eine Dame wird über einen Graben getragen

Sale Date: May 4, 2018

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UNTITLED

Sale Date: April 28, 2018

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Les laveuses du quai d'Anjou (Les..., 1850–1852

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Les laveuses du quai d'Anjou (Les..., 1850–1852

Sale Date: May 10, 2018

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Conversations d’avocats (Deux avocats), 1865–1869

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Conversations d’avocats (Deux avocats), 1865–1869

Sale Date: May 8, 2018

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Un pêcheur à la ligne

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Un pêcheur à la ligne

Sale Date: March 21, 2018

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Tête de vieille femme portant une coiffe

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Tête de vieille femme portant une coiffe

Sale Date: March 21, 2018

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Deux têtes

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Deux têtes

Sale Date: March 21, 2018

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Portrait de bourgeois coiffé d'un haut de forme...

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Portrait de bourgeois coiffé d'un haut de forme...

Sale Date: March 21, 2018

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Portrait-charge d'Auguste-Hippolyte Ganneron, le

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Le Ventre Legislatif, from: L'Association..., 1834

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Le Ventre Legislatif, from: L'Association..., 1834

Sale Date: March 28, 2018

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Three lithographs

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Three lithographs

Sale Date: March 13, 2018

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Collection of approximately 20..., 1830–1845

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Collection of approximately 20..., 1830–1845

Sale Date: March 13, 2018

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Tête d'homme(recto); Profil d'homme(verso)

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Tête d'homme(recto); Profil d'homme(verso)

Sale Date: February 28, 2018

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Dos notables en conversacion

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Dos notables en conversacion

Sale Date: February 4, 2018

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Le Roi Minos

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Le Roi Minos

Sale Date: December 9, 2017

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LE BOURGEOIS EN PROMENADE, 1848

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LE BOURGEOIS EN PROMENADE, 1848

Sale Date: December 19, 2017

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Les émigrants, seconde version, 1871

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Les émigrants, seconde version, 1871

Sale Date: December 13, 2017

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Dans La Salles Des Ventes, 1860

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Dans La Salles Des Ventes, 1860

Sale Date: December 9, 2017

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SIEBEN KARIKATURKÖPFE

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SIEBEN KARIKATURKÖPFE

Sale Date: December 7, 2017

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Les baigneurs

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Les baigneurs

Sale Date: December 3, 2017

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Le défenseur - Der Verteidiger

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Le défenseur - Der Verteidiger

Sale Date: December 1, 2017

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L'abreuvoir, 1847

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L'abreuvoir, 1847

Sale Date: December 8, 2017

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Buste-charge de Clément Prunelle, médecin et...

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Buste-charge de Clément Prunelle, médecin et...

Sale Date: November 14, 2017

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Buste-charge d'Auguste Gady, magistrat

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Buste-charge d'Auguste Gady, magistrat

Sale Date: November 14, 2017

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