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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Le défenseur, 1860–1860

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Le défenseur, 1860–1860

Sale Date: May 5, 1998

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Le ventre législatif, 1834–1834

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Le ventre législatif, 1834–1834

Sale Date: April 21, 1998

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La mère de l'armour, pl.10, 1857–1857

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La mère de l'armour, pl.10, 1857–1857

Sale Date: April 21, 1998

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Rue Transnonain, 1834–1834

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Rue Transnonain, 1834–1834

Sale Date: April 21, 1998

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"Vous avez perdu votre procès c'est..., 1848–1848

Sale Date: April 3, 1998

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Une péroraison à la Démosthène, pl.33, 1847–1847

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Une péroraison à la Démosthène, pl.33, 1847–1847

Sale Date: April 3, 1998

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Cortège du Commandant Général des..., 1833–1833

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Cortège du Commandant Général des..., 1833–1833

Sale Date: April 3, 1998

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Tête de procureur

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Tête de procureur

Sale Date: March 26, 1998

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Figurine, 1840–1850

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Figurine, 1840–1850

Sale Date: March 24, 1998

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Portrait de Bailliot

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Portrait de Bailliot

Sale Date: March 24, 1998

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Au restaurant à 32 sous, pl.53, 1849–1849

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Au restaurant à 32 sous, pl.53, 1849–1849

Sale Date: March 13, 1998

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Grand escalier du palais du justice, vue de...

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Grand escalier du palais du justice, vue de...

Sale Date: March 13, 1998

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Il parait...qu mon gaillard est un..., 1848–1848

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Il parait...qu mon gaillard est un..., 1848–1848

Sale Date: March 13, 1998

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Quand le crime de donne pas, pl.13, 1848–1848

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Quand le crime de donne pas, pl.13, 1848–1848

Sale Date: March 13, 1998

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Des personnes de cirque

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Des personnes de cirque

Sale Date: December 19, 1997

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Les gens de justice , 1845–1848

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Les gens de justice , 1845–1848

Sale Date: December 16, 1997

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Une position génante à garder cinq mois, 1869–1869

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Une position génante à garder cinq mois, 1869–1869

Sale Date: December 16, 1997

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André, Marie, Jean-Jacques Dupin

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André, Marie, Jean-Jacques Dupin

Sale Date: December 12, 1997

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Jean-Marie Harlé Père

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Jean-Marie Harlé Père

Sale Date: December 12, 1997

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Les gens de justice, pl.25, 1846–1846

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Les gens de justice, pl.25, 1846–1846

Sale Date: December 10, 1997

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Souvenir de Saint Pélagie, grande planche, 1834–1834

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Souvenir de Saint Pélagie, grande planche, 1834–1834

Sale Date: December 10, 1997

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Souvenirs d'artistes, pl.311, 1862–1862

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Souvenirs d'artistes, pl.311, 1862–1862

Sale Date: December 10, 1997

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Deux têtes, 1850–1850

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Deux têtes, 1850–1850

Sale Date: December 10, 1997

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Le malade alité

Honoré Daumier

Le malade alité

Sale Date: December 8, 1997

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