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.

Related Categories

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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An acrobat

Honoré Daumier

An acrobat

Sale Date: May 22, 1997

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Madame Bureau feeding her son Paul by a window

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Madame Bureau feeding her son Paul by a window

Sale Date: May 22, 1997

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Album de lithographies

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Album de lithographies

Sale Date: May 21, 1997

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Vois-tu, mon ami...il n'y à que deux..., 1843

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Vois-tu, mon ami...il n'y à que deux..., 1843

Sale Date: May 15, 1997

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Enfant avec une poupée, 1860–1862

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Enfant avec une poupée, 1860–1862

Sale Date: May 14, 1997

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Trois personnages autour d'un table...

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Trois personnages autour d'un table...

Sale Date: May 14, 1997

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Le banc des avocats

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Le banc des avocats

Sale Date: May 14, 1997

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Un français peint par lui-même, 1849

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Un français peint par lui-même, 1849

Sale Date: May 13, 1997

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Horace-François, Comte Sébastiani ou le Fat

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Horace-François, Comte Sébastiani ou le Fat

Sale Date: May 13, 1997

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Album des charges de jour

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Album des charges de jour

Sale Date: April 30, 1997

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Étude pour des personnages de cirque

Honoré Daumier

Étude pour des personnages de cirque

Sale Date: April 24, 1997

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Étude de personnage, la mort

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Étude de personnage, la mort

Sale Date: April 24, 1997

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Une situation qui commence à devenir fatigante, 1871

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Une situation qui commence à devenir fatigante, 1871

Sale Date: April 23, 1997

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Femme portant son enfant

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Femme portant son enfant

Sale Date: March 19, 1997

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Portes et fenêtres, caricaturana

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Portes et fenêtres, caricaturana

Sale Date: March 19, 1997

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Feuille d'étude avec cinq personnages

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Feuille d'étude avec cinq personnages

Sale Date: February 23, 1997

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Feuille d'étude avec deux croquis d'un âne

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Feuille d'étude avec deux croquis d'un âne

Sale Date: February 23, 1997

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Femme et enfant

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Femme et enfant

Sale Date: February 19, 1997

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Les gens de justice

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Les gens de justice

Sale Date: February 1, 1997

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Louis XIV or l'homme à la large perruque, 1958–1962

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Louis XIV or l'homme à la large perruque, 1958–1962

Sale Date: December 12, 1996

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Robert Macaire journaliste. C'est une..., 1836

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Robert Macaire journaliste. C'est une..., 1836

Sale Date: December 5, 1996

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Gargantua, 1831

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Gargantua, 1831

Sale Date: December 4, 1996

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Ratapoil, 1850

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Ratapoil, 1850

Sale Date: December 4, 1996

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Gallois - L'Ironiste, 1832–1834

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Gallois - L'Ironiste, 1832–1834

Sale Date: December 2, 1996

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