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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. |
