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Honoré Daumier Art

French, 1808-1879

Honoré-Victorin Daumier is a French printmaker, caricaturist, painter and sculptor, whose many works offer commentary on the social and political life of 19th-century France. Daumier is famous for this satirical commentary through the lithographs he produced. He is best known for his caricatures of political figures. Daumier’s works are found in many of the world’s leading art museums, including the Louvre, the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Rijksmuseum.

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Artist: Honoré Daumier
The Bluestocking’s Husband
By Honoré Daumier
Located in New York, NY
Honore Daumier (1808-79), The Bluestocking’s Husband, plate 46 from the series Moeurs Conjugales, published in 1842 in Le Charivari, and in the Album Moeurs Conjugales in 1843; an im...
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1840s Realist Honoré Daumier Art

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Lithograph

Voilà... - Original lithograph - 1839
By Honoré Daumier
Located in Roma, IT
Voilà.... is an original colored lithograph, realized in 1839 by Honoré Daumier (1808-1879). The artwork is from the portfolio Types Parisiens composed of caricatures of the immense...
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1830s Modern Honoré Daumier Art

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Lithograph

19th Century Daumier Satirical Lithograph "Triumph of the Botanist"
By Honoré Daumier
Located in Alamo, CA
A satirical lithograph by Honoré Daumier (1808-1879) entitled "Un Triomphe de Botaniste" (Triumph of the Botanist), which depicts a proud and nervous botanist in glasses and a wide brimmed hat awaiting the critique of a snobby critic, who is smelling his blooming flowers. The French text beneath the image roughly translates: "Here, sir, sniff me that ... here is a rose of which I am proud, it blooms for the first time .... and by dint of patience, I managed to make it acquire the smell of rhubarb! .. I must be quoted in the next Journal of Useful Knowledge" or "Look at this, sir, go ahead, smell it ... I am proud of this particularly pink flower ... it's flourishing for the first time ... with patience, and care I was able to give it an odor of rhubarb! .. . Surely I should be mentioned in the next edition of the Journal of Useful knowledge". The lithograph was published in the famous and very popular French satirical...
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1840s Honoré Daumier Art

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Lithograph

A DIAMOND HYPNOTIST - Le Diamant Magnetiseur
By Honoré Daumier
Located in Santa Monica, CA
HONORE DAUMIER (1808 - 1879) LE DIAMANT MAGNETISEUR.....1859 (DR 3227 iii/iii: LD 3227) Original lithograph 9 1/2 x 11 incl. text. Published in Le Chariv...
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1850s Barbizon School Honoré Daumier Art

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Lithograph

Hand-colored Lithograph Signed Death Dark Imagery 1800's Historical Old Master
By Honoré Daumier
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Histoire Ancienne (Plate No. 49), La Mort de Sapho 2nd State (rare) Delteil #973" is a hand-colored lithograph by Honore Daumier. The artist signed the image lower right. It depicts...
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1840s Romantic Honoré Daumier Art

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Lithograph

"Robert Macaire Banquier et Jure, " Original Lithograph by Honore Daumier
By Honoré Daumier
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Robert Macaire Banquier et Jure" is an original lithograph by Honore Daumier. It depicts a banker and his contemporary having a conversation. 1/2 D. 371 (Charivari) Artwork Size: 14 1/4" x 9 1/2" Frame Size: 21 5/8" x 19" Artist Bio: Daumier was a prolific draftsman who produced over 4000 lithographs, he was perhaps best known for his caricatures of political figures and satires on the behavior of his countrymen, although posthumously the value of his painting has also been recognized. His works offer a commentary on social and political life in France in the 19th century. French caricaturist and painter, born at Marseilles. He showed in his earliest youth an irresistible inclination towards the artistic profession, which his father vainly tried to check by placing him first with a huissier, and subsequently with a bookseller. Having mastered the technique of lithography, Daumier started his artistic career by producing plates for music publishers, and illustrations for advertisements; these were followed by anonymous work for publishers, in which he followed the style of Charlet and displayed considerable enthusiasm for the Napoleonic legend. When, in the reign of Louis-Philippe, Philipon launched the comic journal, La Caricature, Daumier joined its staff, which included such powerful artists as Devéria, Raffet and Grandville, and started upon his pictorial campaign of scathing satire upon the foibles of the bourgeoisie, the corruption of the law and the incompetence of a blundering government. His caricature of the king as "Gargantua" led to Daumier's imprisonment for six months at Ste. Pélagie in 1832. The publication of La Caricature was discontinued soon after, but Philipon provided a new field for Daumier's activity when he founded the Charivari. For this journal Daumier produced his famous social caricatures, in which bourgeois society is held up to ridicule in the figure of Robert Macaire, the hero of a then popular melodrama. Another series, "L'Histoire Ancienne", was directed against the pseudoclassicism which held the art of the period in fetters. In 1848 Daumier embarked again on his political campaign, still in the service of Charivari, which he left in 1860 and rejoined in 1864. In spite of his prodigious activity in the field of caricature -- the list of Daumier's lithographed plates compiled in 1904 numbers no fewer than 3958 -- he found time for flight in the higher sphere of painting. Except for the searching truthfulness of his vision and the powerful directness of his brushwork, it would be difficult to recognize the creator of Robert Macaire, of Les Bas bleus, Les Bohémiens de Paris, and the Masques, in the paintings of "Christ and His Apostles" at the Ryks Museum in Amsterdam, or in his "Good Samaritan", "Don Quixote and Sancho Panza", "Christ Mocked...
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1830s Victorian Honoré Daumier Art

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Lithograph

"CROQUIS D'ÉTÉ (Plate No. 5) LD 3203, " a Lithograph by Honore Daumier
By Honoré Daumier
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"CROQUIS D'ÉTÉ (Plate No. 5) LD 3203" is a 2nd state lithograph by Honore Daumier. Daumier initialed the work in the lower left corner. It depicts a man and a woman sitting at a tabl...
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Mid-19th Century Honoré Daumier Art

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Lithograph

Les Trains de Plaisir (Pleasure Trains)
By Honoré Daumier
Located in Storrs, CT
"- Quand après dix assauts infructueux on arrive enfin à conquéérir une place dans un wagon on éprouve un premier et bien vif plaisir." (Pleasure Trains.) Having found a seat a...
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1860s Barbizon School Honoré Daumier Art

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Lithograph

"Deux Ex Capacites de l'Ancien Regime-Profils Contemporains" by Honore Daumier
By Honoré Daumier
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Deux Ex Capacites De L'Ancien Regime-Profils Contemporains #1" is an original lithograph on Sur Blanc (white woven) paper by Honore Daumier. It depicts ...
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1840s Victorian Honoré Daumier Art

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Lithograph

A Rare 19th Century Honore Daumier Caricature from the "Types Parisiens" Series
By Honoré Daumier
Located in Alamo, CA
This is a rare 19th century satirical lithograph by Honoré-Victorin Daumier entitled "Types Parisiens, L'InstItuteur: Votre fils me fera honneur!....c'est un joli sujet!!!", No. 24 (Parisian Types, The Institutor: Your son will be my honor! ... it's a nice subject !!), published in Paris in the satirical magazine La Caricature, May 24, 1840 by Aubert et Cie. It depicts a man presenting his son to another man, presumably a teacher or school headmaster, who politely states that it would be an honor to take care of such a nice boy, as he watches the boy picking his nose. An apparent teaching poster or map hangs on the wall in the background. This rare Daumier lithograph...
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Mid-19th Century Other Art Style Honoré Daumier Art

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Lithograph

Saved from Drowning
By Honoré Daumier
Located in New York, NY
Honore Daumier (1808-1879), [Saved from Drowning], lithograph, plate 7 from the series Les Canotiers Parisiens, a sur blanc impression from the album, with...
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1840s Realist Honoré Daumier Art

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Lithograph

Emotions Parisiennes
By Honoré Daumier
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Legal print by Honore Daumier (1808-1879) Lithograph sur blanc (white paper without text on verso) D.726 ii/iii 8 1/2 x 7 1/2 plus text. Plate 48 from the Album Emotion Parisiennes. Legal subjects are Daumier's most sought after prints. Aside from images in Gens du Justice he used the subject in several other series.. Good impression in excellent condition Translation: Judge - You did have the means for existence, what did you do...
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1840s Barbizon School Honoré Daumier Art

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Lithograph

L’Ivrogne (The Drunkard) - Lithograph by H. Daumier - 1834
By Honoré Daumier
Located in Roma, IT
L’îvrogne is an original lithograph realized by French artist Honoré Daumier in 1834, plate from Charivari. In good conditions. Included a frame. This lithograph is Representing, a gloomy man, with a desperate and serious look, beside him there is a hat on the ground and in his background, there are a couple hugging each other on the left and a lonely man...
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1830s Honoré Daumier Art

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Lithograph

"Ce Matin Avant l'Aurore, " Original Lithograph Genre Scene by Honore Daumier
By Honoré Daumier
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Ce Matin Avant l'Aurore" is an original lithograph by Honore Daumier, the second state of three. Original Text: Ce matin, avant l'aurore, Un Dieu vint me réveiller ; Il me dit : tu dors encore… Est-il temps de sommeiller ? De ton Papa c’est la fête, Fais lui quelque don flatteur En lui posant sur la tête Une Couronne de fleurs. Translation: This morning before dawn A God came to wake me up The curtains they were drawn And my snoring had to stop It is your daddy's birthday, A time for gifts and flowers To be placed on his head so gray Instead of his morning showers. Artwork Size: 9 1/4" x 9 1/4" Frame Size: 20 1/2" x 17 5/8" Artist Bio: Daumier was a prolific draftsman who produced over 4000 lithographs, he was perhaps best known for his caricatures of political figures and satires on the behavior of his countrymen, although posthumously the value of his painting has also been recognized. His works offer a commentary on social and political life in France in the 19th century. French caricaturist and painter, born at Marseilles. He showed in his earliest youth an irresistible inclination towards the artistic profession, which his father vainly tried to check by placing him first with a huissier, and subsequently with a bookseller. Having mastered the technique of lithography, Daumier started his artistic career by producing plates for music publishers, and illustrations for advertisements; these were followed by anonymous work for publishers, in which he followed the style of Charlet and displayed considerable enthusiasm for the Napoleonic legend. When, in the reign of Louis-Philippe, Philipon launched the comic journal, La Caricature, Daumier joined its staff, which included such powerful artists as Devéria, Raffet and Grandville, and started upon his pictorial campaign of scathing satire upon the foibles of the bourgeoisie, the corruption of the law and the incompetence of a blundering government. His caricature of the king as "Gargantua" led to Daumier's imprisonment for six months at Ste. Pélagie in 1832. The publication of La Caricature was discontinued soon after, but Philipon provided a new field for Daumier's activity when he founded the Charivari. For this journal Daumier produced his famous social caricatures, in which bourgeois society is held up to ridicule in the figure of Robert Macaire, the hero of a then popular melodrama. Another series, "L'Histoire Ancienne", was directed against the pseudoclassicism which held the art of the period in fetters. In 1848 Daumier embarked again on his political campaign, still in the service of Charivari, which he left in 1860 and rejoined in 1864. In spite of his prodigious activity in the field of caricature -- the list of Daumier's lithographed plates compiled in 1904 numbers no fewer than 3958 -- he found time for flight in the higher sphere of painting. Except for the searching truthfulness of his vision and the powerful directness of his brushwork, it would be difficult to recognize the creator of Robert Macaire, of Les Bas bleus, Les Bohémiens de Paris, and the Masques, in the paintings of "Christ and His Apostles" at the Ryks Museum in Amsterdam, or in his "Good Samaritan", "Don Quixote and Sancho Panza", "Christ Mocked...
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1830s Old Masters Honoré Daumier Art

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Lithograph

The return
By Honoré Daumier
Located in Storrs, CT
LA RENTRÉÉE. C'est drôle, je ne vois pas revenir la petite Confiance. (The return It's strange that , I don't seem to see little Confiance return.) Delte...
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Mid-19th Century Old Masters Honoré Daumier Art

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Lithograph

La Jument du Prince et le chien de la Princesse- Lithograph by H. Daumier - 1834
By Honoré Daumier
Located in Roma, IT
La Jument du Prince et le chien de la Princesse is an original lithograph realized by Frenc artist Honoré Daumier in 1832, plate 424 from La Caricature n°203...
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1830s Honoré Daumier Art

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Lithograph

Daumier Colored Lithographic Satire of a Man Concerned for His Vineyard and Wine
By Honoré Daumier
Located in Alamo, CA
A hand-colored lithograph by the father of French satire and caricature, Honore Daumier (1808-1879) entitled "Faut espérer que grâce à ces précautions ce diable d'Oïdum ne pénétrera ...
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1840s Other Art Style Honoré Daumier Art

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Lithograph

Monsieur Par suite De La Fusion... - Lithograph by H. Daumier - 1845
By Honoré Daumier
Located in Roma, IT
Image dimensions: 23 x 19 cm. Monsieur Par suite De La Fusion... - From “Les philanthropes du jour” is an original artwork realized by Honoré Daumier in 1845/46. Original complete ...
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1840s Modern Honoré Daumier Art

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Lithograph

Oursikoff - including a copy of the Journal in which it appeared
By Honoré Daumier
Located in New York, NY
Honore Daumier (1808-1879), Oursikoff, lithograph, from Actualities, Plate number 72, published in Charivari, 1854. Reference: Daumier Register 2519, second state of two, a newsprint...
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1850s Realist Honoré Daumier Art

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Lithograph

La fortune fait oublier les amis
By Honoré Daumier
Located in New York, NY
Honore Daumier (1808-79),La fortune fait oublier les amis,lithograph, plate 31 from the series Caricaturana, published in Le Charivari in 1837; later in Alb...
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1830s Realist Honoré Daumier Art

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Lithograph

L'Homme in naturalibus
By Honoré Daumier
Located in New York, NY
Honore Daumier (1808-1879), L'Homme in naturalibus, lithograph, from the Robert Macaire 2nd series, plate number 17. Published 1840-41. In generally good condition; a tiny hole lowe...
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1840s Honoré Daumier Art

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Lithograph

Monsieur - Here's Your Handkerchief
By Honoré Daumier
Located in New York, NY
Honore Daumier (1808-1879), Monsieur – Here’s Your Handkerchief, lithograph, 1842. Daumier Register 670, third state (of 3), sur blanc, plate 47 from the series Moeurs Conjugales, pu...
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1840s Realist Honoré Daumier Art

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Lithograph

Une Navigation Difficile
By Honoré Daumier
Located in New York, NY
Honore Daumier (1808-1879), Une Navigation Difficile, lithograph, 1843, plate 6 from the series Les Canotiers Parisiens [with the addresses, text, and Daumier’s initials in the plate...
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1840s Realist Honoré Daumier Art

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Lithograph

Les Canotiers Parisiens - Une Rencontre désagréable
By Honoré Daumier
Located in Roma, IT
Signed on plate.Original Prints. From the series “Les canotiers parisiens”, 1843. Catalogue Delteil N°1034. Image Dimensions : 20.5 x 27 cm This artwork i...
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1840s Realist Honoré Daumier Art

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Lithograph

The Grand Celebrites of France
By Honoré Daumier
Located in New York, NY
Honore Daumier (1808-1879), Les Grandes Celebrites de la France, lithograph, 1939, plate 2 from the series Les Saltimbanques, from La Caricature Provisoire (also published later in Le Charivari, 1843). Reference: Daumier Register 620, second state (of 5). With lettering, and the initials (in the plate lower left). Printed on a wove paper. In good condition (formerly folded across the middle, now flattened) , 11 1/2 x 8 7/8, the sheet 13 1/8 x 10 inches. A very good impression. An impression of Les Grande Celebrites de la France was shown in the Metropolitan Museum's show Seurat's Circus Sideshow...
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1830s Realist Honoré Daumier Art

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Lithograph

Dup...
By Honoré Daumier
Located in New York, NY
Honore Daumier (1808-1879), “Dup…”, lithograph, 1832, from the series Celebrites de la Caricature, plate 171. Reference: Delteil 45, Daumier Register 45, only state. In generally goo...
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1830s Realist Honoré Daumier Art

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Lithograph

Un Homme a La Mer
By Honoré Daumier
Located in New York, NY
Honore Daumier (1808-1879), Un Homme a La Mer lithograph, 1843, [with initials in the plate]. Reference: Daumier Register 1036, plate number 14 from the series Les Canotiers...
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1840s Realist Honoré Daumier Art

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Lithograph

La Fortune Fait Oblier Les Amis
By Honoré Daumier
Located in New York, NY
Honore Daumier (1808-1879), La Fortune Fait Oblier Les Amis, lithograph, from the series Caricaturana, plate 31, 1838. Daumier Register 385, third state (of...
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1830s Realist Honoré Daumier Art

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Color, Lithograph

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