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.

Honoré Daumier Artworks

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Le Monsieur qui ricane., 1860

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Le Monsieur qui ricane., 1860

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Le Bourgeois qui flâne., 1860

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Le Bourgeois qui flâne., 1860

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Le Liseur, 1868

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Le Liseur, 1868

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La Lecture

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Ratapoil, 1851

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Ratapoil, 1851

Sale Date: March 2, 2024

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Etude d'un avocat plaidant

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Etude d'un avocat plaidant

Sale Date: February 6, 2024

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Sans titre

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Sale Date: February 12, 2024

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Three gossips

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Three gossips

Sale Date: February 1, 2024

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Le Wagon de Seconde Classe, circa 1864, 1864

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Le Wagon de Seconde Classe, circa 1864, 1864

Sale Date: January 27, 2024

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A PATINATED BRONZE BUST OF LOUIS XIV, 1950

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A PATINATED BRONZE BUST OF LOUIS XIV, 1950

Sale Date: November 15, 2023

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Untitled

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Sale Date: June 13, 2023

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Le grand escalier du Palais de Justice, vue..., 1848

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Le grand escalier du Palais de Justice, vue..., 1848

Sale Date: June 29, 2023

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Une péroraison à la Démosthène, planche 33..., 1847

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Une péroraison à la Démosthène, planche 33..., 1847

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The Admirer

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Sale Date: January 13, 2024

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Pleading the case

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Pleading the case

Sale Date: January 13, 2024

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Zwei Lithographien: 1.

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Zwei Lithographien: 1. "Attention, Gargouillet,...

Sale Date: December 5, 2023

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Pelet de la Lozère

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Pelet de la Lozère

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Un bourgeois les mains dans les poches

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Un bourgeois les mains dans les poches

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Un bourgeois les mains dans les poches

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Un bourgeois les mains dans les poches

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Le boucher (The butcher), 1850–1860

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Le boucher (The butcher), 1850–1860

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Trois spectateurs (Three Spectators)

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Trois spectateurs (Three Spectators)

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"Gros, gras et...Constitutionnel", 1833

Sale Date: November 29, 2023

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L’Avocat saluant

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L’Avocat saluant

Sale Date: November 19, 2023

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Les Gens de Justice, 1879

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Les Gens de Justice, 1879

Sale Date: December 7, 2023

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