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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Manquant le convoi, pl.7, 1852–1852

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Manquant le convoi, pl.7, 1852–1852

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Les gens de justice, pl.20, 1846–1846

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Les gens de justice, pl.20, 1846–1846

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Les gens de justice, pl.33, 1847–1847

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Les gens de justice, pl.33, 1847–1847

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Le rieur édenté, 1830–1835

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Le rieur édenté, 1830–1835

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Scène de réquisitoire

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Scène de réquisitoire

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Nous avons grande représentation..., 1845–1845

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Nous avons grande représentation..., 1845–1845

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

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

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Voyage à travers les populations..., 1834–1834

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Voyage à travers les populations..., 1834–1834

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Deux bons voisins, 1847–1847

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Deux bons voisins, 1847–1847

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Ratapoil, 1850–1850

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Ratapoil, 1850–1850

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Le premier bain

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Le premier bain

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Paysagistes au travail, 1862–1862

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Paysagistes au travail, 1862–1862

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Le portier parisien; Le bourgeois en..., 1840–1840

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Le portier parisien; Le bourgeois en..., 1840–1840

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Les célébritiés du juste-milieu, 1832–1835

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Les célébritiés du juste-milieu, 1832–1835

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Untitled, 1822–1872

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Untitled, 1822–1872

Sale Date: October 14, 2002

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Homme

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Homme

Sale Date: September 26, 2002

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Gruppe på tre personer der betragter en tjener

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Gruppe på tre personer der betragter en tjener

Sale Date: September 6, 2002

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Don Quichotte

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Don Quichotte

Sale Date: July 12, 2002

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Le baiser

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Le baiser

Sale Date: June 27, 2002

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La lecture

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La lecture

Sale Date: June 26, 2002

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L'homme d'affaires, 1840–1850

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L'homme d'affaires, 1840–1850

Sale Date: June 26, 2002

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Les émigrants, première version, 1862–1878

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Les émigrants, première version, 1862–1878

Sale Date: June 26, 2002

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Rue Transonain, le 15 Avvril 1834, 1834–1834

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Rue Transonain, le 15 Avvril 1834, 1834–1834

Sale Date: June 13, 2002

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Le comte d'Argout

Attributed to Honoré Daumier

Le comte d'Argout

Sale Date: June 5, 2002

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