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 provincial à Paris, 1855

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Le provincial à Paris, 1855

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Comme je vous ai dit vertement votre fait!..., 1845

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Comme je vous ai dit vertement votre fait!..., 1845

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Oui, on veut dépouiller cet orphelin

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Oui, on veut dépouiller cet orphelin

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Variétés drôlatiques

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Variétés drôlatiques

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...et parlant à sa portière, pl.10, 1845

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...et parlant à sa portière, pl.10, 1845

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Caricaturana (Les Robert Macaire), 1836–1838

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Caricaturana (Les Robert Macaire), 1836–1838

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Un avocat qui évidement est rempli de la..., 1845

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Un avocat qui évidement est rempli de la..., 1845

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Voyons témoins il serait important de nous..., 1846

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Voyons témoins il serait important de nous..., 1846

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Une péroraison à la Démosthène, pl.33, 1847

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Une péroraison à la Démosthène, pl.33, 1847

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Grand escalier du Palais de justice, pl.36, 1848

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Grand escalier du Palais de justice, pl.36, 1848

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La Cour, vidant le délibéré, pl.4, 1845

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La Cour, vidant le délibéré, pl.4, 1845

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La vue, pl.39, 1839

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La vue, pl.39, 1839

Sale Date: November 29, 1995

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L'inspiration du poète

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L'inspiration du poète

Sale Date: November 28, 1995

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Groupe de piétons pataugeant dans la boue

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Groupe de piétons pataugeant dans la boue

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L'inspiration du peintre

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L'inspiration du peintre

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Etudes de personnages, la mort

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Etudes de personnages, la mort

Sale Date: November 27, 1995

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Etude de personnages

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Etude de personnages

Sale Date: November 22, 1995

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Etude d'âne et petits personnages

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Etude d'âne et petits personnages

Sale Date: November 22, 1995

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Personnage de Scapin

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Personnage de Scapin

Sale Date: November 22, 1995

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Deux personnages de comédie

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Deux personnages de comédie

Sale Date: November 22, 1995

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Etude pour Le fils prodigue

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Etude pour Le fils prodigue

Sale Date: November 22, 1995

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Etude de personnages

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Etude de personnages

Sale Date: November 22, 1995

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Etude de personnage debout et têtes d'expression

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Etude de personnage debout et têtes d'expression

Sale Date: November 22, 1995

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Groupe de personnages

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Groupe de personnages

Sale Date: November 22, 1995

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