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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Pastorales, Brigand de Hausseton... c'est donc...

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Pastorales, Brigand de Hausseton... c'est donc...

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Tout ce qu'on voudra

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Tout ce qu'on voudra

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Actualites

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Actualites

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Oui Monsieur Chapuzot

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Oui Monsieur Chapuzot

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Scenes parisiennes: Je vous arrete, mauvais sujet

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Scenes parisiennes: Je vous arrete, mauvais sujet

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La fluidomanie: Comment voila mes eleves

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La fluidomanie: Comment voila mes eleves

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Croquis de chasse: Tenez... je viens de tuer un...

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Croquis de chasse: Tenez... je viens de tuer un...

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Croquis pris au Salon: Les cretins... on leur...

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Croquis pris au Salon: Les cretins... on leur...

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Actualites: Tiens Adelaide, j'ai voulu te faire...

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Actualites: Tiens Adelaide, j'ai voulu te faire...

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MAGOT DE LA CHINE, 1834

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MAGOT DE LA CHINE, 1834

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CERTAINS AVOCATS OFFICIEUX, 1835

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CERTAINS AVOCATS OFFICIEUX, 1835

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UN NOUVEAU NEZ, 1833

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UN NOUVEAU NEZ, 1833

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LOCATAIRES ET PROPRIETAIRES, 1847

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LOCATAIRES ET PROPRIETAIRES, 1847

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THE PUNCH AND JUDY SHOW

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THE PUNCH AND JUDY SHOW

Sale Date: July 10, 1994

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Femme de Lettre humanitaire se livrant sur..., 1844

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Femme de Lettre humanitaire se livrant sur..., 1844

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Ah! Tu veux te frotter à la Presse!, 1833

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Ah! Tu veux te frotter à la Presse!, 1833

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Un Héros de Juillet. Mai 1831, 1831

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Un Héros de Juillet. Mai 1831, 1831

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Enfoncé le Service, 1831

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Enfoncé le Service, 1831

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Certains Avocats officieux, 1835

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Certains Avocats officieux, 1835

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Départ pour Lyon, pl.1, 1831

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Départ pour Lyon, pl.1, 1831

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Caricaturana, Les Robert Macaire, 1836–1838

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Caricaturana, Les Robert Macaire, 1836–1838

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Voyage en Chine, 1843–1845

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Voyage en Chine, 1843–1845

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Les Canotiers parisiens, 1832

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Les Canotiers parisiens, 1832

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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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