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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Law and Justice - Portfolio, 1840–1848

Honoré Daumier

Law and Justice - Portfolio, 1840–1848

Sale Date: May 13, 2023

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

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

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Les trois juges

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Les trois juges

Sale Date: May 11, 2023

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Le Malade Imaginaire

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Le Malade Imaginaire

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L'Avocat

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Sale Date: May 12, 2023

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Comte Auguste-Hilarion de Kératry, dit..., 1832

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Comte Auguste-Hilarion de Kératry, dit..., 1832

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Claude Baillot, dit L'Infatué de soi , 1832

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Claude Baillot, dit L'Infatué de soi , 1832

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Le lecteur ou Le souffleur , 1840

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Le lecteur ou Le souffleur , 1840

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The Art Lovers

Attributed to Honoré Daumier

The Art Lovers

Sale Date: March 26, 2023

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Les lutteurs

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Sale Date: March 22, 2023

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Les Gens de Justice

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Les Gens de Justice

Sale Date: March 30, 2023

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HONORÉ DAUMIER LE MONSIEUR QUI RICANE., 1860

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HONORÉ DAUMIER LE MONSIEUR QUI RICANE., 1860

Sale Date: March 23, 2023

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Le Monsieur Qui Ricane (The Man Who Laughs/The...

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Le Monsieur Qui Ricane (The Man Who Laughs/The...

Sale Date: February 28, 2023

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Head of a Man in a Top Hat

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Head of a Man in a Top Hat

Sale Date: February 23, 2023

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Head of a Man in a Top Hat

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Head of a Man in a Top Hat

Sale Date: February 23, 2023

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La Caricature : 22 planches de portraits de..., 1830

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La Caricature : 22 planches de portraits de..., 1830

Sale Date: February 14, 2023

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Tête de bourgeois au chapeau haut-de-forme

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Tête de bourgeois au chapeau haut-de-forme

Sale Date: February 15, 2023

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Femme capeline, 1840–1845

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Femme capeline, 1840–1845

Sale Date: December 15, 2022

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Scene d'une comedie

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Scene d'une comedie

Sale Date: January 25, 2023

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Un repas d'hippophages, 1856-58

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Un repas d'hippophages, 1856-58

Sale Date: January 11, 2023

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Caricature of a man drinking

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Caricature of a man drinking

Sale Date: September 29, 2022

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Honoré Daumier

"LES GENS DE JUSTICE"

Sale Date: December 20, 2022

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Ratapoil, 1851

Attributed to Honoré Daumier

Ratapoil, 1851

Sale Date: December 7, 2022

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Mon cher Monsieur... Impossible de plaider votre

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Mon cher Monsieur... Impossible de plaider votre

Sale Date: December 8, 2022

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