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 bourgeois, 1846–1848

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Le bourgeois, 1846–1848

Sale Date: December 7, 1997

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Le valet de chambre, 1840–1840

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Le valet de chambre, 1840–1840

Sale Date: December 7, 1997

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L'Ane et les deux voleurs, 1862–1862

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L'Ane et les deux voleurs, 1862–1862

Sale Date: December 2, 1997

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Entrepôt d'Ivry, 1872–1872

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Entrepôt d'Ivry, 1872–1872

Sale Date: December 2, 1997

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Une péroraison à la Démosthène, 1847–1847

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Une péroraison à la Démosthène, 1847–1847

Sale Date: November 28, 1997

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Au théâtre, 1860–1865

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Au théâtre, 1860–1865

Sale Date: November 28, 1997

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"Voila le ministére public que vous dit , 1849–1849

Sale Date: November 26, 1997

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Ne vous y frottez pas!!, 1834–1834

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Ne vous y frottez pas!!, 1834–1834

Sale Date: November 25, 1997

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L'homme à la perruque, Louis XIV

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L'homme à la perruque, Louis XIV

Sale Date: November 23, 1997

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Feuille d'etudes avec une femme accoudee et un...

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Feuille d'etudes avec une femme accoudee et un...

Sale Date: November 13, 1997

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Scene d'une comedie

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Scene d'une comedie

Sale Date: November 13, 1997

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Ratapoil, 1850–1850

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Ratapoil, 1850–1850

Sale Date: November 13, 1997

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Malade imaginaire

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Malade imaginaire

Sale Date: November 12, 1997

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Rue Transnonin, pl.24, 1834–1834

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Rue Transnonin, pl.24, 1834–1834

Sale Date: November 5, 1997

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La mère de l'amour, pl.10, 1857–1857

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La mère de l'amour, pl.10, 1857–1857

Sale Date: October 22, 1997

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La veuve en visite, 1849–1849

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La veuve en visite, 1849–1849

Sale Date: October 22, 1997

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Les alliés s'apprêtent à pousser les..., 1855–1855

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Les alliés s'apprêtent à pousser les..., 1855–1855

Sale Date: October 22, 1997

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Ratapoil, 1850

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Ratapoil, 1850

Sale Date: October 18, 1997

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"La cour ordonne, que la cheval...", pl.60

Sale Date: October 10, 1997

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Comedia figures

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Comedia figures

Sale Date: July 12, 1997

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Au restaurant à 32 sous, pl LIII, 1849

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Au restaurant à 32 sous, pl LIII, 1849

Sale Date: July 1, 1997

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Dites donc confrère, vous allez soutenir, pl , 1845

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Dites donc confrère, vous allez soutenir, pl , 1845

Sale Date: July 1, 1997

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Si vous voulez avoir la bonté de plaider ma..., 1852

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Si vous voulez avoir la bonté de plaider ma..., 1852

Sale Date: July 1, 1997

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Caricaturana

Honoré Daumier

Caricaturana

Sale Date: June 27, 1997

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