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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Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot, Gustave Courbet, Eugène Delacroix, Eugene Delacroix, Francisco Goya, Jean-François Millet

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Faut-y faire une lettre pour l'attendrir?..., 1845

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Faut-y faire une lettre pour l'attendrir?..., 1845

Sale Date: June 21, 1995

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Nous avons grande représentation..., 1847

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Nous avons grande représentation..., 1847

Sale Date: June 21, 1995

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Un plaideur peu satisfait, pl.26, 1846

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Un plaideur peu satisfait, pl.26, 1846

Sale Date: June 21, 1995

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Un défenseur en justice de paix causant..., 1846

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Un défenseur en justice de paix causant..., 1846

Sale Date: June 21, 1995

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Au café d'Aguesseau, pl.23, 1846

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Au café d'Aguesseau, pl.23, 1846

Sale Date: June 21, 1995

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Grand escalier du Palais de Justice - vue de , 1848

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Grand escalier du Palais de Justice - vue de , 1848

Sale Date: June 21, 1995

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Le représentant nouant sa cravate, 1846

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Le représentant nouant sa cravate, 1846

Sale Date: June 16, 1995

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L'amateur d'art

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L'amateur d'art

Sale Date: June 16, 1995

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Inconnu, 1832

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Inconnu, 1832

Sale Date: June 16, 1995

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Le rodeur (Le ramasseur de bouts de cigares), 1852

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Le rodeur (Le ramasseur de bouts de cigares), 1852

Sale Date: June 14, 1995

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L'amateur en contemplation, 1862

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L'amateur en contemplation, 1862

Sale Date: June 14, 1995

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Repos de la France, pl.417, 1834

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Repos de la France, pl.417, 1834

Sale Date: June 8, 1995

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Allons donc, chers confrères, pl.7, 1845

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Allons donc, chers confrères, pl.7, 1845

Sale Date: June 8, 1995

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M. Pique-Assiette, pl.23, 1837

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M. Pique-Assiette, pl.23, 1837

Sale Date: June 8, 1995

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Le puits de Grenelle, pl.47, 1841

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Le puits de Grenelle, pl.47, 1841

Sale Date: June 8, 1995

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Actualités, pl.7, 1859

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Actualités, pl.7, 1859

Sale Date: June 8, 1995

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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

Sale Date: May 27, 1995

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Oui, on veut dSpouller cet orphelin..., pl.11, 1845

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Oui, on veut dSpouller cet orphelin..., pl.11, 1845

Sale Date: May 27, 1995

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Une péroraison a la démosthène, pl.33, 1847

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Une péroraison a la démosthène, pl.33, 1847

Sale Date: May 27, 1995

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Ainsi donc, quoique j'vous avoue..., 1846

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Ainsi donc, quoique j'vous avoue..., 1846

Sale Date: May 26, 1995

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La cour, vidant le d,liber,..., 1845

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La cour, vidant le d,liber,..., 1845

Sale Date: May 26, 1995

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Mon cher monsieur, il m'est..., 1845

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Mon cher monsieur, il m'est..., 1845

Sale Date: May 26, 1995

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L'avocat qui se trouve mal..., 1847

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L'avocat qui se trouve mal..., 1847

Sale Date: May 26, 1995

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Ratapoil, 1850

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Ratapoil, 1850

Sale Date: May 11, 1995

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