Honore Daumier
1808–1879 · French · 31 artworks
RealismRomanticismCaricatureLithographyExpressive LineSocial CommentaryChiaroscuro
artist bio
Honoré Daumier was a French printmaker, caricaturist, painter, and sculptor, whose works offer commentary on social and political life in France during the 19th century. He is best known for his satirical lithographs, which were often critical of the bourgeoisie and the legal system.
what you'll learn
Studying Daumier's work allows students to understand the power of art as social commentary and to analyze the use of caricature and expressive line in conveying emotion and critique. Students can also learn about the social and political context of 19th-century France.
related: Gustave Courbet, Jean-Francois Millet, Edgar Degas
31 artworks
The Butcher
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The Riot or Scene of Revolution, or Destruction of Sodome
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The Painter
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Parade Acrobats
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The Insurrection
1858
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Head of Pasquin
1863
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The Children with the bath
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Catch the juggler
1866
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Amateurs at an Exhibition
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Ouvirers
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Four Amateur Print Lovers
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The Burden (The Laundress)
1853
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Three Amateurs in front of the Night Review of Raffet
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The Print Collector
1860
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Group of Actors at Mid Body, the Former French Comedy
1865
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The Feeding Trough
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Attorney Reading
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Portrait of a girl A Sleeve-board
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The carnival parade
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Hector Berlioz
1860
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Lunch in the Country
1868
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The Displacement of the Travelling Acrobats
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A Wagon of the Third Class
1864
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Players
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Exit of the Turkish school
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Two Men Sitting with a Table, or the Smokers
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In the Omnibus
1864
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Barker at a fair booth
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The Two Doctors and Death
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The Hypochondriac
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Family on the Barricades, 1848
1854
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