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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Robert-Macaire Journaliste, 1836

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Robert-Macaire Journaliste, 1836

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Robert-Macaire devant ses juges, 1837

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Robert-Macaire devant ses juges, 1837

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Robert-Macaire professeur d'industrie, 1837

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Robert-Macaire professeur d'industrie, 1837

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Apothicaire et Pharmacien, 1837

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Apothicaire et Pharmacien, 1837

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Moeurs conjugales

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Moeurs conjugales

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Croquis d'expression: Crie donc matin, gueule

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Croquis d'expression: Crie donc matin, gueule

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Robert Macaire: Inventaire chez un veuf

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Robert Macaire: Inventaire chez un veuf

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Actualites: Poids et mesures

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Actualites: Poids et mesures

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Histoire ancienne

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Histoire ancienne

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Proverbes de famille

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Proverbes de famille

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Les gens de justice: Et parlant a sa portiere...

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Les gens de justice: Et parlant a sa portiere...

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L'imagination: La peche

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L'imagination: La peche

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Pastorales, Malheureux enfant... ca t'apprendras

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Pastorales, Malheureux enfant... ca t'apprendras

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Les papas: La premiere lecon de natation

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Les papas: La premiere lecon de natation

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Les gens de justice: Plaidez, plaidez... ce sera

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Les gens de justice: Plaidez, plaidez... ce sera

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Les bons bourgeois

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Les bons bourgeois

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Tout ce qu'on voudra: Vois-tu c'est l'eclipse...

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Tout ce qu'on voudra: Vois-tu c'est l'eclipse...

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Les hippophages: 1er savant: je commence a etre...

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Les hippophages: 1er savant: je commence a etre...

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Le Salon de 1857: Decidement ce qui, cette...

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Le Salon de 1857: Decidement ce qui, cette...

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Les chemins de fer: Voyageurs de 3e classe...

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Les chemins de fer: Voyageurs de 3e classe...

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Actualites: Moi, mon avis est que tant qu'il y...

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Actualites: Moi, mon avis est que tant qu'il y...

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Aux bains de mer: Monsieur le Baigneur...C'est...

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Aux bains de mer: Monsieur le Baigneur...C'est...

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La Societe d'acclimatation: Je commence a croire

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La Societe d'acclimatation: Je commence a croire

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