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.

Related Categories

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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Et parlant à sa portière ainsi déclarée..., 1845

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Et parlant à sa portière ainsi déclarée..., 1845

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La dou (from Moeurs Conjugales, + 3 others;..., 1837

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La dou (from Moeurs Conjugales, + 3 others;..., 1837

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L'Amateur d'Estampes - Der Grafik-Liebhaber, 1900

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L'Amateur d'Estampes - Der Grafik-Liebhaber, 1900

Sale Date: October 25, 2008

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Trois spectateurs

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Trois spectateurs

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Homme battant son chien, 1865–1870

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Homme battant son chien, 1865–1870

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Les gens de justice (3 works), 1846

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Les gens de justice (3 works), 1846

Sale Date: October 30, 2008

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L'Amateur d'estampes

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L'Amateur d'estampes

Sale Date: October 23, 2008

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Scène de la Révolution

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Scène de la Révolution

Sale Date: October 29, 2008

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Tres Hauts et tres puissans moutards et...

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Tres Hauts et tres puissans moutards et...

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Tête d'homme (Tête d'insurgé), 1848

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Tête d'homme (Tête d'insurgé), 1848

Sale Date: October 7, 2008

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Les gens de justice (4 works), 1845–1848

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Les gens de justice (4 works), 1845–1848

Sale Date: October 1, 2008

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Les canotiers Parisiens (18 works), 1843

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Les canotiers Parisiens (18 works), 1843

Sale Date: September 18, 2008

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Le valet de chambre, 1840

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Le valet de chambre, 1840

Sale Date: June 30, 2008

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Quelle sale représentation, mon Dieu!, 1855

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Quelle sale représentation, mon Dieu!, 1855

Sale Date: June 24, 2008

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Jean-Auguste Chevandier de Valdrome

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Jean-Auguste Chevandier de Valdrome

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Tête de bourgeois au chapeau haut-de-forme

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Tête de bourgeois au chapeau haut-de-forme

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Les baigneurs (study)

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Les baigneurs (study)

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Antoine Odier, dit Le Méprisant

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Antoine Odier, dit Le Méprisant

Sale Date: June 6, 2008

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Nadar élevant la photographie à l'hauteur de , 1862

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Nadar élevant la photographie à l'hauteur de , 1862

Sale Date: June 13, 2008

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Le dessinateur, 1870

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Le dessinateur, 1870

Sale Date: June 12, 2008

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Group of figures and portrait study of a man

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Group of figures and portrait study of a man

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L'Ingénieur du Léviathan, trouvant le moyen..., 1858

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L'Ingénieur du Léviathan, trouvant le moyen..., 1858

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La dernière semaine avant l'ouverture du..., 1857

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La dernière semaine avant l'ouverture du..., 1857

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Émotions de Chasse,..., 1856–1858

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Émotions de Chasse,..., 1856–1858

Sale Date: June 5, 2008

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