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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A man holding a theatre programme looking back...

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A man holding a theatre programme looking back...

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Les Baigneuses: Nayades de la Seine

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Les Baigneuses: Nayades de la Seine

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Une mère allaitant son enfant

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Une mère allaitant son enfant

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Louis XIV

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Louis XIV

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Autoportrait, 1855

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Autoportrait, 1855

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Trois spectateurs

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Trois spectateurs

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Les bons bourgeois (portfolio of 82), 1846–1849

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Les bons bourgeois (portfolio of 82), 1846–1849

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L'âne et les deux voleurs, 1862

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L'âne et les deux voleurs, 1862

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Baissez le rideau, la farce est jouée, pl. 421, 1834

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Baissez le rideau, la farce est jouée, pl. 421, 1834

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Celui-là, on peut le mettre en Liberté. il..., 1834

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Celui-là, on peut le mettre en Liberté. il..., 1834

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Buste de parlementaire - Keratry

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Buste de parlementaire - Keratry

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Untitled (7 works, various sizes)

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Untitled (7 works, various sizes)

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Crespin et Silvestre, 1863–1865

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Crespin et Silvestre, 1863–1865

Sale Date: May 4, 2005

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Mlle. Etienne Joconde (+ 7 others; 8 works,..., 1834

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Mlle. Etienne Joconde (+ 7 others; 8 works,..., 1834

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Repos de la France (+ 2 others, one 1835; 3..., 1834

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Repos de la France (+ 2 others, one 1835; 3..., 1834

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Voyage à travers les populations empressées..., 1834

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Voyage à travers les populations empressées..., 1834

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Nadar élevant la photographie à la hauteur..., 1862

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Nadar élevant la photographie à la hauteur..., 1862

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Un comité écoutant la lecture d'une tragédie...

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Un comité écoutant la lecture d'une tragédie...

Sale Date: April 22, 2005

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Un dîner maigre, pl.25 (from the series Les...

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Un dîner maigre, pl.25 (from the series Les...

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Cortège du commandant général des..., 1833

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Cortège du commandant général des..., 1833

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Le défenseur, 1862–1865

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Le défenseur, 1862–1865

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Caricature d'homme (+ another, larger; 2 works)

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Caricature d'homme (+ another, larger; 2 works)

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L'homme d'affaires, 1840

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L'homme d'affaires, 1840

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Sebastiani, 1832–1835

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Sebastiani, 1832–1835

Sale Date: March 23, 2005

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