1808 ? 1879 French caricaturist, painter, and sculptor, in his lifetime, HonoreDaumier was known chiefly as a political and social satirist, but since his recognition as an artist has grown, in the 20th century. His works can be found in most leading museums in Europe and rest of the world. A lithograph by the French caricaturist, painter, and sculptor, HonoreDaumier. During his lifetime, he
Popular lithographic series on lawyers, on married life, on liberated women, etc. Includes Un Héros de Juillet, Mai 1831, La Crise Actuelle Se Complique!, Le Passé. Le Présent. L'venir, Melle Etienne-Joconde-Cunégonde-Bécassine de Constitutionnel, Voyage À Travers Les Populations Empressées, Rue Transnonain, La Tentation, Quand Le Diable Devint Vieux, and more....more
Ranked alongside Ingres by Baudelaire as the finest draughtsman in Paris and matched as a political caricaturist in the nineteenth century only by Goya, Honor aumier worked for opposition newspapers throughout the Second Empire, one of the most corrupt and flamboyant periods in French history. He won fame, notoriety, and...more
Best known as a satirist of Parisian politics and daily life, Honoré Daumier (18081879) was a prolific caricaturist. This book is the first to examine the role of exoticism in his art, and to offer a detailed history of the journal Le Charivari in which the lithographs appeared. These satires...more
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Illustration for "Les Chatiments" by Victor Hugo, 40th Edition Published by J. Hetzel, 1872