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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La'vocat suffisant de la serie Les gens de justice

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La'vocat suffisant de la serie Les gens de justice

Sale Date: March 19, 2013

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Ratapoil

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Ratapoil

Sale Date: March 28, 2013

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Les émigrants

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Les émigrants

Sale Date: March 27, 2013

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Le Ratapoil, 1851

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Le Ratapoil, 1851

Sale Date: March 27, 2013

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Hommage au magistrat

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Hommage au magistrat

Sale Date: March 28, 2013

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Le Rieur Edenté (Bust of Charles..., 1832–1835

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Le Rieur Edenté (Bust of Charles..., 1832–1835

Sale Date: March 13, 2013

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Laurent Cunin-Gridaine (Le Mauvais), 1832–1835

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Laurent Cunin-Gridaine (Le Mauvais), 1832–1835

Sale Date: March 7, 2013

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Collection of 16 lithographs (from Actualités +...

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Collection of 16 lithographs (from Actualités +...

Sale Date: March 7, 2013

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Les Canotiers Parisiens (set of 12 + 8 add'l...

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Les Canotiers Parisiens (set of 12 + 8 add'l...

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La Cour, vidant le déliberé (from Les Gens..., 1845

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La Cour, vidant le déliberé (from Les Gens..., 1845

Sale Date: March 7, 2013

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Voilà le ministère public qui vous dit des..., 1846

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Voilà le ministère public qui vous dit des..., 1846

Sale Date: March 7, 2013

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Le Ratapoil

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Le Ratapoil

Sale Date: February 24, 2013

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Les Gens De Justice, 1840

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Les Gens De Justice, 1840

Sale Date: February 24, 2013

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Le ratapoil

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Le ratapoil

Sale Date: January 27, 2013

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Le défenseur (The Defense Attorney)

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Le défenseur (The Defense Attorney)

Sale Date: January 31, 2013

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Various Satire (28 works from Le Charivari)

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Various Satire (28 works from Le Charivari)

Sale Date: January 12, 2013

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Histoire ancienne (portfolio of 50), 1841–1843

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Histoire ancienne (portfolio of 50), 1841–1843

Sale Date: January 18, 2013

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Un fiacre à l'heure (+ Pris au piège; 2 works)

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Un fiacre à l'heure (+ Pris au piège; 2 works)

Sale Date: December 12, 2012

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Untitled (L'Homme)

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Untitled (L'Homme)

Sale Date: December 12, 2012

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Actualités, L'Exposition Universelle,..., 1853–1870

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Actualités, L'Exposition Universelle,..., 1853–1870

Sale Date: December 6, 2012

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Les Bons Bourgeois, pl. 4 et 67 (2..., 1846–1847

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Les Bons Bourgeois, pl. 4 et 67 (2..., 1846–1847

Sale Date: December 6, 2012

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Pastorales, pl. 9, 10, 27 et 28 (4 works), 1845

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Pastorales, pl. 9, 10, 27 et 28 (4 works), 1845

Sale Date: December 6, 2012

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Les Gens de justice (39 works), 1845–1848

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Les Gens de justice (39 works), 1845–1848

Sale Date: December 6, 2012

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L es Bas-bleus, pl. 6, 19, 23, 25 (4..., 1844

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L es Bas-bleus, pl. 6, 19, 23, 25 (4..., 1844

Sale Date: December 6, 2012

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