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Honoré-Victorin Daumier ( French: [ɔnɔʁe domje]; February 26, 1808 – February 10 or 11, 1879) was a French painter, sculptor, and printmaker, whose many works offer commentary on the social and political life in France, from the Revolution of 1830 to the fall of the second Napoleonic Empire in 1870.
Honoré Daumier (born February 20/26, 1808, Marseille, France—died February 11, 1879, Valmondois, France) was a prolific French caricaturist, painter, and sculptor especially renowned for his cartoons and drawings satirizing 19th-century French politics and society.
- Jean Adhémar
Learn about the life and art of Honoré Daumier, a French caricaturist and realist painter of the nineteenth century. Explore his lithographs, sculptures, and paintings in the collection of the National Gallery of Art.
Learn about Honore Daumier, a prolific painter, printmaker, sculptor, and caricaturist who satirized political figures and the bourgeois society. Explore his 255 artworks, including self-portraits, Don Quixote scenes, and lithographs.
- February 26, 1808
- February 10, 1879
Learn about Honoré Daumier, a French painter, sculptor, printmaker, and caricaturist who captured the social and political turmoil of his time. Explore his diverse and influential art, from Romantic to Realist, and his controversial lithographs that landed him in jail.
- French
- February 26, 1808
- Marseille, France
- February 10, 1879
'Known for his satirical, touching portrayals of contemporary life, Honoré Daumier changed direction temporarily after seeing a newly hung collection of paintings by Jean-Honoré Fragonard...
All you ever wanted to know about life and work of HONORÉ DAUMIER, the famous French caricaturist of the 19th century.
