^ Born on
20 February 1808: Honoré-Victorin
Daumier, (birth date sometimes given as 26 Feb)
— Born in Marseilles
France, Daumier would become a prolific caricaturist, painter, and
sculptor, especially renowned for his cartoons and drawings satirizing
19th-century French politics and society. His paintings, though hardly
known during his lifetime, helped introduce techniques of Impressionism
into modern art. ^top^
 In his lifetime
he was known chiefly as a political and social satirist, but since his death
recognition of his qualities as a painter has grown. In 1830, after learning
the still fairly new process of lithography, he began to contribute political
cartoons to the anti-government weekly Caricature. He was an ardent Republican
and was sentenced to six months' imprisonment in 1832 for his attacks on
Louis-Philippe, whom he represented as `Gargantua swallowing bags of gold
extorted from the people' [<<<]. On the suppression of
political satire in 1835 he began to work for Charivari and turned
to satire of social life, but at the time of the 1848 revolution he returned
to political subjects. He is said to have made more than 4000 lithographs,
wishing each time that the one he had just made could be his last. In the
last years of his life he was almost blind and was saved from destitution
by Corot. He died on 11 February 1879. Daumier - Take a look at a group of images by French illustrator
Honoré Daumier. Includes links to other artists. Daumier - Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco - Find a
comprehensive and impressive directory of 538 images created by the French
artist known for his caricatures of the bourgeoisie (reproductions zoomable
to huge oversize). Daumier (1808-1879) - Over a hundred prints by the French
artist from the University of Montana Museum of Fine Arts. Daumier - Artcyclopedia - Directory of links to museums,
galleries, image archives and Web sites devoted to the 19th French caricaturist.
Daumier - Australian National University - View a survey
of enlargeable prints which showcase the caricaturist's sharp and satirical
pen with respect to situations and facial expressions. Daumier -
Boston College - View Jeffery Howe's photos of two sculptures, each
a bust of a legislator, that show the artist's satirical style was not limited
to lithographs. Daumier - Encyclopedia.com
- Read a brief biography of the social satirist who made his name by caricaturing
bourgeois society. Includes links to premium resources. Daumier
- J. Paul Getty Museum - Profile of the French satirical artist is accompanied
by an image of a watercolor called "A Criminal Case." Daumier
- La Caricature, 1832 - View the satirical drawing of King
Louis-Philipe for which the artist was sentenced to serve six months in
prison at Ste-Pelagie. With details. Daumier - MSN
Encarta - Encarta offers an article about the caricaturist and painter.
Follow selected links to view examples of Daumier's work. Daumier
- Musee d'Orsay - Profile of the artist famous for his lampooning lithographs
focuses on his technique for modeling caricatures in clay. View an image
of a bust. Daumier
- National Gallery of Art - Link to an extensive biography of the satirical
French artist, including a bibliography, as well as images of paintings
and numerous drawings. Daumier - Norton
Simon Museum - Painting titled "Mountebanks Resting" includes text about
the point in the artist's career in which he switched from caricatures to
oils. Daumier - SILS Art Image
Browser - Select from 16 images by the satirical French artist to enlarge
for viewing. Daumier
- UM Missoula, Museum of Fine Arts - Directory for the print collection
offers links to more than 100 lithographs by the French artist. Daumier
- University of Brighton, UK - Course in narrative art presents the
caricaturist's perspective on politics, among other societal ills. Includes
his captions. Daumier
- University of California, Berkeley - Press release about an exhibition
of 50 lithographs by the French satirical printmaker offers a biography
and a description of the prints. Daumier - WebMuseum, Paris - Depicts an overview of French caricaturist,
painter and sculptor Honore Daumier. Take a peek at his paintings and illustrations
here. |
