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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Clément François Victor Gabriel PRUNELLE...

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Clément François Victor Gabriel PRUNELLE...

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Charles Léonard GALLOIS (1789-1851) ou Léonard...

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Charles Léonard GALLOIS (1789-1851) ou Léonard...

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Group of 6 lithographs with hand..., 1837–1846

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Group of 6 lithographs with hand..., 1837–1846

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En Chemin de Fer . . . Un Voisin agréable., 1862

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En Chemin de Fer . . . Un Voisin agréable., 1862

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Un Français peint par lui-même., 1849

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Un Français peint par lui-même., 1849

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Collection of 12 lithographs.

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Collection of 12 lithographs.

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Le Bourgeois qui flâne., 1860

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Le Bourgeois qui flâne., 1860

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Le Monsieur qui ricane., 1860

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Le Monsieur qui ricane., 1860

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FIGURENSTUDIE 'DAS GESPRÄCH

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FIGURENSTUDIE 'DAS GESPRÄCH

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Le dessinateur, 1852–1855

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Le dessinateur, 1852–1855

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The Tribunal

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The Tribunal

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Ratapoil

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Ratapoil

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Scene d'une comedie

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Scene d'une comedie

Sale Date: January 26, 2022

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Recto: Feuille d'etudes avec une femme accoudee...

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Recto: Feuille d'etudes avec une femme accoudee...

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Sainte Madeleine [en prière]: a double-sided...

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Sainte Madeleine [en prière]: a double-sided...

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Une Péroraison à la Démosthène, from Les Gens du

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Une Péroraison à la Démosthène, from Les Gens du

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Les avocats et les plaideurs, from Les Gens du...

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Les avocats et les plaideurs, from Les Gens du...

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La Plaidoirie, from Les Gens du Justice

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La Plaidoirie, from Les Gens du Justice

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Huis Clos, from Les Gens du Justice

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Huis Clos, from Les Gens du Justice

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Croquis D'avocats, from Les Gens du Justice

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Croquis D'avocats, from Les Gens du Justice

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Avant l'audience, from Les Gens du Justice

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Avant l'audience, from Les Gens du Justice

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L’Avocat saluant

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L’Avocat saluant

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Actualites

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Actualites

Sale Date: December 18, 2021

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Combat des écoles. - L’Idéalisme et le Réalisme

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Combat des écoles. - L’Idéalisme et le Réalisme

Sale Date: December 15, 2021

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