Honore Daumier – Artwork and Bio of French artist

 

Honore Daumier was a talented French artist born in Marseille on 26 February 1808. Honore’s father, Jean-Baptiste, was a glazier, poet, and copyright, albeit not so famous. Jean-Baptiste moved his family to Paris in 1816 to find favor in the court and become famous. Honore enjoyed a lower-middle-class education but leaned towards art rather than his studies.

At age 12, Daumier worked as a messenger for a law firm and later as a bookshop assistant. Honore’s persistence led his family to enroll him in informal classes with Alexander Lenoir, an artist, and friend of the family. Daumier gained formal art education at the Academie Suisse, where he met like-minded students.

Daumier earned a living as a lithographer and caricaturist for most of his career. The multi-talented artist was also a sculptor and exhibited more paintings later in his career. Honore’s caricatures mocked the political regime, and in 1862 King Louis-Philippe sentenced him to six months in prison. Daumier was awarded the French Legion of Honour award, which he declined twice because of his political standpoints. Honore Daumier died on 18 February 1879.

What was Honore Daumier Known For?

Honore Daumier was known for his satirical caricatures and was also identified as one of the pioneer artists with an Impressionist influence on modern art. Honore was politically inclined and led a fight against social injustice with his friends and fellow artists.

Who was Honore Daumier Influenced By?

Honore Daumier was influenced by Charles Ramelet, whom he learned lithography from. Daumier was also influenced by Paul Rubens, whose work he encountered during his time with Lenoir.

What Art Movement was Honore Daumier Associated With?

Honore Daumier was associated with the Impressionism and Realism art movements. Although his recognition as a painter came after his death, his paintings addressed literal subjects. In contrast, his other art forms focused on contemporary issues.

Honore Daumier’s Artwork

Below are some of the artworks of Honore Daumier.

 

The lawyers

 

Burden

 

Print collector

 

The laundress

 

The third class carriage

 

The uprising

 

Wandering saltimbanques

 

Self portrait

 

Family scene

 

The Ratapoil

 

The smiling man

 

Four lawyers

 

The three connoisseurs

 

Fatherly discipline

 

Alexandre Lecomte

 

Antoine Odier

 

Guizot

 

The Concierge

 

Three gossips

 

Frightened woman

All Honore Daumier Artwork on Artchive

Artwork Name Year Medium
Arrival of the Special Commissioner in Alsace Coco Romieu 1850
Attorney Reading oil,canvas
Auguste Gady 1833
Augustus Ganneron Hippolyte (1792-1847), industrialist and MP clay
A Wagon of the Third Class 1862 oil,canvas
A Wagon of the Third Class c.1862 - c.1864 charcoal,ink,watercolor,paper
Babinet Deciding to Go off the Sun
Barker at a fair booth oil,panel
Baron Jacques-Antoine-Adrien Delort (1773-1846), General and Deputy 1833 clay
Joyful Song Performed by M. Cobden
Jules Favre 1849
Larabit 1849
Laurent Cunin, Also Called Cunin-Gridaine, (1787-1859), Deputy and Peer of France 1832 clay
Leaving School c.1847 - c.1848 oil,panel
Léon Faucher
Léon Faucher 1849
Lherbette 1849
The Painter oil,wood
The Painter at His Easel oil,wood
The Reader oil,wood
The Refugees oil,wood
There is nothing like that for the common cold, it is worth gold
The Republic 1848 oil,canvas
The Rescue oil,canvas
The Riot or Scene of Revolution, or Destruction of Sodome
The Thieves and the Donkey 1858 - 1860 oil,canvas
Baron Joseph de Podenas (1782-1851), Deputy 1833 clay
Bathers
Bathers pencil,watercolor
Bathers c.1852 - c.1853 oil,panel
Beautiful injury, want you to accept my arm 1851 lithography
Benjamin Delessert, Industrial and MP 1832
Billiard Players (The Drinker) oil,canvas
B. Sarrans Young 1848
Bust of a Woman c.1850 - c.1855 oil,canvas
Bust of Francois-Pierre-Guillaume Guizot 1833
Louis-Joseph Buffet
Lovers of prints
Lunch in the Country 1868 oil,board
Marie-Michel Altaroche 1849
Martyrdom of St. Sebastian 1849 - 1850 oil,panel
Martyrdom of St. Sebastian c.1849 - c.1852 oil,canvas
Mathieu de la Drôme (Sketch Winter)
M. Coste 1857
Meeting of thirty-five heads of expression oil,panel
Menelas the Victor lithography
The Troubadour oil,canvas
The Two Doctors and Death pencil,ink
The Widow at a Consultation c.1846 lithography
Thiers
Thiers 1850
Thiers. The Prompter 1870
Three Amateurs in front of the Night Review of Raffet
Two Lawyers oil,panel
Bust of Hippolyte Abraham, known as Abraham-Dubois 1833 bronze
Camille Desmoulins in the Palais Royal
Catch the juggler 1866 oil,canvas
Charles Guillaume Etienne 1832
Charles-Léonard Gallois (1774-1851), Publicist and Historian, Republican c.1833 clay
Charles Philipon (1800-1861), Journalist and Director of the Magazines Caricature and Charivari c.1833 clay
Claude Baillot, MP 1832
Clément-François-Victor-Gabriel Prunelle (1774-1853), Doctor, Major of Lyon and Deputy c.1832 clay
Clément-François-Victor-Gabriel Prunelle (1774-1853), Doctor, Major of Lyon and Deputy c.1832 clay
Mmrs Cobden, Bright and Sturges Had Nothing to do in Europe, Sailed to Go Pacify
Modern Galilee. And Nevertheless It Moves 1834 lithography
Montalembert
Mother with Child 1865 oil,canvas
Mr. Joliv (Adolphe Joliv) 1833 lithography
Nadar elevating Photography to Art c.1862; France lithography,print
Nicolas Soult, Marshal of France 1832
Odilon Barrot 1849
Odilon Barrot 1851
Two Lawyers the Handshake pencil,watercolor
Two men looking at mid body to the left
Two Men Sitting with a Table, or the Smokers oil,panel
Two Nymphs Pursued by Satyrs 1850
Two sketches for a dancer
Unknown, Alfred Pierre, Count de Falloux
Unknown, Charles Louis Huguet, Marquis de Semonville, Magistrate and Deputy
Unknown, maybe Hippolyte Lucien-Joseph Lucas (1807-1878), a Journalist, maybe P.Mendez de Vigo (1790-1860) a Spanish General, but Most Probably the Count Pelet de la Lozere (1785-1871), a Politician 1833 clay
Unknown, Pierre Louis, Count Roederer
Clytemnestra pushed by Mimi Veron (Rachel)
Comedy scene (scene from Molière) 1858 - 1862 oil,panel
Count Antoine-Maurice-Apollinaire d'Argout (1782-1858), Minister and Peer of France 1832 clay
Count Auguste-Hilarion de Kératry (1769-1859), Deputy, Peer of France c.1832 clay
Count Charles Francois Malo De Lameth, Deputy 1832
Count Horace François Sebastiani, General and Politician 1832
Couples Singers oil,canvas
Cuckoo! He's back 1870
Defense Attorney c.1862 - c.1865
On the Shore c.1849 - c.1853 oil,panel
Ouvirers oil,panel
Page of history, Punishments of Victor Hugo 1870
Painter dividing into sheets a paperboard of drawing oil,panel
Parade Acrobats oil,panel
Passers By c.1858 - c.1860 oil,canvas
Paul de Kock. The Big City 1842
Paul de Kock. The Big City 1842
Penelopa's Dream 1842 lithography
Véron 1852
Victor Hugo
Volouski 1849
We want Barabbas (Ecce Homo) 1842 - 1852
Woman and Child on a Bridge c.1845 - c.1848 oil,panel
Zounds, Catherine
Don Quixote and Sancho Pansa oil,panel
Don Quixote and Sancho Pansa oil,canvas
Don Quixote and Sancho Pansa c.1865 - c.1870 oil,canvas
Don Quixote and Sancho Pansa Having a Rest under a Tree c.1855 oil,canvas
Don Quixote and Sancho Panza going to the wedding Gamaches 1850
Don Quixote and Sancho Panza in the Mountains oil,panel
Don Quixote Reading c.1865 - c.1870 oil,panel
Don Quixote, Sancho Pansa and the Dead Mule 1867 oil,canvas
Drouin de l'Huys 1849
Dr. Veron 1852
Pierre-Jules Baroche
Pierre-Paul Rover Collard, Deputy 1832
Pierrot with Guitar 1869 oil,canvas
Players oil,panel
Poet Composing a Classical Eclogue on the Quiet Country Life 1840 lithography
Portrait of a girl A Sleeve-board pencil,stump
Project to raise a statue to Odilon Nimrod 1851
Pygmalion 1842 lithography
Ratapoil 1851 bronze
Remembrances of St. Pelagie. (Souvenir de ste Pélagie) 1834 lithography
Dr. Veron 1852
Duvergier de Hauranne 1849
Emigrants or Fugitives oil,panel
Emile Ollivier 1869
Emmanuel Arago
Exit of the Turkish school
Family on the Barricades, 1848 1854 oil,wood
Father Saw 1832
Returning from the market 1870 oil,canvas
Robert Macaire Bureau of Military Replacements 1839 lithography
Robert Macaire Business Men 1836 lithography
Rouher. I can never wash all this (dirty linen of the Empire) 1872
Rue Pierre Lescot, The Streets of Paris under Louis Lurin 1844
Sancho Panza and Don Quixote in the Mountains oil,canvas
Singers in Front of a Desk oil,canvas
St. Magdalene in the Desert c.1848 - c.1852 oil,canvas
Street Scene. Two Characters in the Back of a Car Service
Study for the Parade pencil
Felix Barthe (1796-1863), Minister of Justice and Deputy 1833 clay
Ferdinand Flocon 1849
Fighters of circus oil,panel
Fighting Bricklayer oil,wood
Four Amateur Print Lovers oil,panel
François-Pierre-Guillaume Guizot (1787-1874), Deputy, Minister and Historian 1832 - 1833 clay
Gargantua 1831 lithography
Garnier Pagès 1849
Study for the Parade
Study of a Terrified Woman charcoal,pencil
Study of three naked women lying at the foot of a cliff
Sunday 1822 lithography
Tenants and owners 1847
Testimony of a Minor gouache,pen,ink
The Print Collector
Theater oil,canvas
The Beautiful Narcissus 1842 lithography
The Beggars c.1845 oil,canvas
Glais Bizoin 1869
Grand Staircase of the Palace of Justice 1848 lithography
Group of Actors at Mid Body, the Former French Comedy 1862 - 1865 oil,canvas
Head of a Young Woman, Leaning Three-quarters Right
Head of Pasquin 1862 - 1863 oil,panel
Hector Berlioz 1860
Henri Monnier
Hercule forain
Horse drawn oil,canvas
I definitely like him 1866
The Burden (The Laundress) 1850 - 1853 oil,canvas
The Butcher pencil,watercolor
The Capitulation of Sedan 1870
The carnival parade
The Children with the bath oil,panel
The clinic of Doctor Macaire
The Conclusion of a Speech à la Demosthene 1848 lithography
The Court oil,canvas
The Defender c.1862 - c.1865 gouache,watercolor,paper
Adolphe Cremieux c.1860 lithography
Adolphe Cremieux (Mr Cremieux seeking an apartment) 1848
In the Omnibus 1864 crayon,ink,watercolor,paper
In the Street 1850 - 1855 oil,canvas
It's true you have lost your case... but you should have gotten a lot of pleasure hearing me plead [your case lithography
Jacques Antoine Adrien, Baron Delort (1773-1846), General and Deputy 1833
Jacques Babinet 1857
Jacques Babinet c.1857 - c.1858
Jacques Lefévre (1777-1856), Banker and Deputy 1833 clay
Jean-Auguste Chevandier de Valdrome (1781-1878), Deputy and Peer of France 1833 clay
Jean Charles Persil, Magistrate and Deputy 1832
The Emigrants 1848 plaster
The Engraving Dealers oil,canvas
The Print Collector c.1857 - c.1860 oil,canvas
The Print Collector c.1860 - c.1863 oil,canvas
The Print Collector c.1863 - c.1865 oil,wood
The Expert gouache,pencil,watercolor
The Feeding Trough oil,panel
The Hypochondriac oil,panel
The Imaginary Invalid
The Insurrection c.1852 - c.1858 oil,canvas
Wandering Saltimbanques c.1847 - c.1850 Oil on Panel
At The Theater (the Melodrama) c. 1860-64 Oil On Canvas
A Man Reading In A Garden c. 1866-68 Watercolor Over Black Chalk, With Pen And Ink, Wash, And Conte Crayon On Wove Paper
Don Quixote And Sancho Panza c. 1850
The Painter At His Easel c. 1870-75 Oil On Panel
The Print Collectors c. 1860-63 Oil On Panel
Children Coming Out Of School c. 1847-48 Oil On Panel
The Past, The Present, The Future 1834 Lithograph On Heavy White Paper; First State Of Two
The Two Lawyers c. 1862-64 Oil On Panel
Two Sculptors Oil On Wood
Crispin and Scapin c.1863 - c.1865 Oil on Canvas
Laundress on the Quai d'Anjou (Laveuse au Quai d'Anjou) c. 1860 Oil on wood panel, cradled
Clown Playing a Drum c. 1865-67 Black chalk, pen and ink, wash, watercolor, gouache, and Conte Crayon on paper
Don Quixote and Sancho Panza c. 1866-68 Oil on Canvas
The Chess Players c.1863 - c.1867 Oil on Panel
André-Marie-Jean-Jacques Dupin (Dupin the Elder) 1832
Mr Daumier, your series...is...charming 1838 Lithograph
Rue Transnonain, 15 April 1834 1834 Lithograph
The Third-Class Carriage 1863-65 Oil on Canvas
The Uprising c. 1860 Oil on Canvas
Three Lawyers Conversing c. 1862-65 Oil on panel
The Fugitives c. 1849-50 Oil on panel
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