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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Nous avons grande repra sentation aujourd'hui, 1845

Honoré Daumier

Nous avons grande repra sentation aujourd'hui, 1845

Sale Date: December 13, 2014

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L'homme d'affaire

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L'homme d'affaire

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L'amoureux

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L'amoureux

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3 Bll.: Nous voilà ... réunies pour..., 1844–1859

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3 Bll.: Nous voilà ... réunies pour..., 1844–1859

Sale Date: December 11, 2014

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Les émigrants, 1862–1878

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Les émigrants, 1862–1878

Sale Date: December 15, 2014

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Croquis d'ete, pl. 4, 5, 8, 14, 15, 17, 19,..., 1856

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Croquis d'ete, pl. 4, 5, 8, 14, 15, 17, 19,..., 1856

Sale Date: December 4, 2014

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Saltimbanque et études diverses

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Saltimbanque et études diverses

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Le discours

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Le discours

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Félix barthès, député et garde des sceaux...

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Félix barthès, député et garde des sceaux...

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Sujets divers (séries Moeurs conjugales,..., 1852

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Sujets divers (séries Moeurs conjugales,..., 1852

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Très hauts et très puissans moutards et..., 1834

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Très hauts et très puissans moutards et..., 1834

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Untitled

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Untitled

Sale Date: December 5, 2014

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“Le bon vivant”, “Le bourgeois en..., 1808–1879

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“Le bon vivant”, “Le bourgeois en..., 1808–1879

Sale Date: November 28, 2014

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Le comte d'Argoud

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Le comte d'Argoud

Sale Date: November 23, 2014

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Sammlung von ca. 45 Blatt

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Sammlung von ca. 45 Blatt

Sale Date: November 27, 2014

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Sammlung von ca. 38 Blatt

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Sammlung von ca. 38 Blatt

Sale Date: November 27, 2014

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Deux feuilles, recto-verso, sur le même montage:

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Deux feuilles, recto-verso, sur le même montage:

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Deux portraits et un diable

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Deux portraits et un diable

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En Chemin de Fer ... Un Voisin agréable

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En Chemin de Fer ... Un Voisin agréable

Sale Date: November 21, 2014

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A la Varenne-Saint-Maur, 1862

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A la Varenne-Saint-Maur, 1862

Sale Date: November 21, 2014

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Les Français peints par eux-mêmes - Les dettiers

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Les Français peints par eux-mêmes - Les dettiers

Sale Date: November 13, 2014

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Bust of Alexandre-Simon Pataille

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Bust of Alexandre-Simon Pataille

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Charles-Léonard Gallois (L'Ironiste)

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Charles-Léonard Gallois (L'Ironiste)

Sale Date: November 21, 2014

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Rue Transnonain, le 15 Avril 1834, 1834

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Rue Transnonain, le 15 Avril 1834, 1834

Sale Date: November 7, 2014

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