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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L'accusation

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L'accusation

Sale Date: June 22, 1999

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Viennet-le-rusé

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Viennet-le-rusé

Sale Date: June 18, 1999

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D'Argout - Spirituel et malin

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D'Argout - Spirituel et malin

Sale Date: June 18, 1999

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Ratapoil

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Ratapoil

Sale Date: June 17, 1999

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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: June 17, 1999

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Trois hommes au coin d'une cheminée

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Trois hommes au coin d'une cheminée

Sale Date: June 16, 1999

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Les émigrants

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Les émigrants

Sale Date: June 16, 1999

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Un rentier des bons royaux - Un rentier , 1834–1834

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Un rentier des bons royaux - Un rentier , 1834–1834

Sale Date: June 12, 1999

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Très humbles, très soumis, très obeissans, 1832–1832

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Très humbles, très soumis, très obeissans, 1832–1832

Sale Date: June 12, 1999

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C'était vraiment bien la peine de nous..., 1835–1835

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C'était vraiment bien la peine de nous..., 1835–1835

Sale Date: June 12, 1999

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"On peut aller cette bande d'hommes...

Sale Date: June 11, 1999

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L'âne et les deux voleurs, 1862–1862

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L'âne et les deux voleurs, 1862–1862

Sale Date: June 9, 1999

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Le Passé. Le Présent. L'Avenir, 1834–1834

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Le Passé. Le Présent. L'Avenir, 1834–1834

Sale Date: June 5, 1999

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Le bourgeois en promenade, 1848–1848

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Le bourgeois en promenade, 1848–1848

Sale Date: June 4, 1999

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Croquis aquatiques, pl.1, 1854–1854

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Croquis aquatiques, pl.1, 1854–1854

Sale Date: June 3, 1999

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Une promenade conjugale. Tout ce qu'on..., 1852–1852

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Une promenade conjugale. Tout ce qu'on..., 1852–1852

Sale Date: June 3, 1999

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Tout ce qu'on voudra, pl.1, 1852–1852

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Tout ce qu'on voudra, pl.1, 1852–1852

Sale Date: June 3, 1999

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Enfantillages, pl.1, 1851–1851

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Enfantillages, pl.1, 1851–1851

Sale Date: June 3, 1999

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Robert-Macaire Md de bibles, pl.89, 1836–1838

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Robert-Macaire Md de bibles, pl.89, 1836–1838

Sale Date: May 27, 1999

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Greve Horace-Francois Sebastiani

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Greve Horace-Francois Sebastiani

Sale Date: May 26, 1999

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Spirituel et Malin (Comte d'Argout), 1830–1832

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Spirituel et Malin (Comte d'Argout), 1830–1832

Sale Date: May 20, 1999

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L'infatué de soi, Bailliot

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L'infatué de soi, Bailliot

Sale Date: May 18, 1999

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L'abreuvoir, 1847–1847

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L'abreuvoir, 1847–1847

Sale Date: May 13, 1999

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Buste du parlementaire Delort, 1832–1834

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Buste du parlementaire Delort, 1832–1834

Sale Date: May 12, 1999

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