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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Un wagon de troisième classe

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Un wagon de troisième classe

Sale Date: June 18, 2004

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L'avocat pathétique

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L'avocat pathétique

Sale Date: June 22, 2004

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Ratapoil, 1850–1850

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Ratapoil, 1850–1850

Sale Date: June 22, 2004

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L'avocat lisant (Dans la salle des pas-perdus -...

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L'avocat lisant (Dans la salle des pas-perdus -...

Sale Date: June 22, 2004

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Tiens...,notre jardin qui nous produit..., 1857–1857

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Tiens...,notre jardin qui nous produit..., 1857–1857

Sale Date: June 10, 2004

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L'hôtel des vents: l'amateur, 1863–1863

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L'hôtel des vents: l'amateur, 1863–1863

Sale Date: June 10, 2004

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Comme je vous ai bien dit vertement..., 1845–1845

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Comme je vous ai bien dit vertement..., 1845–1845

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Inconnu dit Charles-Henri Verhuel de Sevehaar,...

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Inconnu dit Charles-Henri Verhuel de Sevehaar,...

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Comte Charles-François Malo de Lameth, député

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Comte Charles-François Malo de Lameth, député

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Félix Barthe, député et garde des Sceaux

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Félix Barthe, député et garde des Sceaux

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André-Marie-Jean-Jacques Dupin (Dupin ainé),...

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André-Marie-Jean-Jacques Dupin (Dupin ainé),...

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Jean-Charles Persil, magistrat, député et pair...

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Jean-Charles Persil, magistrat, député et pair...

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Jean-Claude Fulchiron, député, pair de France et

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Jean-Claude Fulchiron, député, pair de France et

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Joueurs de cartes, 1859–1862

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Joueurs de cartes, 1859–1862

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Allons donc, chers confrères, 1845–1845

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Allons donc, chers confrères, 1845–1845

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Les bas bleus, 1844–1844

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Les bas bleus, 1844–1844

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Encore perdu en Cour Royale, 1848–1848

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Encore perdu en Cour Royale, 1848–1848

Sale Date: May 6, 2004

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Vous m'avez injurié dans votre plaidoirie, 1845–1845

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Vous m'avez injurié dans votre plaidoirie, 1845–1845

Sale Date: May 6, 2004

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Il défend l'orphelin et la veuve, 1846–1846

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Il défend l'orphelin et la veuve, 1846–1846

Sale Date: May 6, 2004

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Quel dommage que cette charmante petite , 1846–1846

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Quel dommage que cette charmante petite , 1846–1846

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Au théâtre

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Au théâtre

Sale Date: February 3, 2004

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A lawyer pointing to a defendant in a courtroom

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A lawyer pointing to a defendant in a courtroom

Sale Date: January 22, 2004

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Monseigneur s'ils persistent nous mettrosn..., 1831

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Monseigneur s'ils persistent nous mettrosn..., 1831

Sale Date: January 22, 2004

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Voyage à travers les populations impressées..., 1834

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Voyage à travers les populations impressées..., 1834

Sale Date: January 22, 2004

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