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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Trois personnages en buste

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Trois personnages en buste

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Devant l'âtre: Deux hommes en conversation

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Devant l'âtre: Deux hommes en conversation

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ÉTUDE DE PERSONNAGES AND ÉTUDE POUR LE MARCHÉ: A

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ÉTUDE DE PERSONNAGES AND ÉTUDE POUR LE MARCHÉ: A

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LA CONSULTATION (LE MÉDECIN ET SON MALADE - LE...

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LA CONSULTATION (LE MÉDECIN ET SON MALADE - LE...

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[VARIOUS SUBJECTS] (DELTEIL 536, 649,..., 1843–1870

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[VARIOUS SUBJECTS] (DELTEIL 536, 649,..., 1843–1870

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Les Gens de Justice; Actualités; Les Bons...

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Les Gens de Justice; Actualités; Les Bons...

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Physionomies Tragico-Classiques, 1841

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Physionomies Tragico-Classiques, 1841

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Le Lutrin ('The Lectern'), 1864–1865

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Le Lutrin ('The Lectern'), 1864–1865

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Chanteurs ambulants ('Buskers'), 1856–1862

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Chanteurs ambulants ('Buskers'), 1856–1862

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Homme battant son chien, 1865

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Homme battant son chien, 1865

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Don Quichotte et Sancho Panza

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Don Quichotte et Sancho Panza

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L'Hommage à John Leech

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L'Hommage à John Leech

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Collection of approximately 240..., 1835–1845

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Collection of approximately 240..., 1835–1845

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The Egotist

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The Egotist

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The Stupid One

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The Stupid One

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Homme assis autour d'un bureau

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Homme assis autour d'un bureau

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Cent Vingt Lithographies

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Cent Vingt Lithographies

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Le Mardi Gras from Les Beaux Jours de la Vie, 1844

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Le Mardi Gras from Les Beaux Jours de la Vie, 1844

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Honore Daumier (French, 1808-1879)Les Beaux...

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Honore Daumier (French, 1808-1879)Les Beaux...

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Le Valet de Chambre

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Le Valet de Chambre

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Madeleine-Bastille, 1862

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Madeleine-Bastille, 1862

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Le Nouveau Paris, 1862

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Le Nouveau Paris, 1862

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Au Jardin des Plantes, 1862

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Au Jardin des Plantes, 1862

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A la Varenne-Saint-Maur, 1862

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A la Varenne-Saint-Maur, 1862

Sale Date: January 8, 2016

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