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Honoré Daumier

1808 - 1879

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Honoré-Victorin Daumier (French: [ɔnɔʁe domje]; February 26, 1808 – February 10 or 11, 1879) was a French painter, sculptor, and printmaker, whose many works offer commentary on the social and political life in France, from the Revolution of 1830 to the fall of the Second French Empire in 1870. He earned a living producing caricatures and cartoons in newspapers and periodicals such as La Caricature and Le Charivari, for which he became well known in his lifetime and is still remembered today. He was a republican democrat (working class liberal), who satirized and lampooned the monarchy, aristocracy, clergy, politicians, the judiciary, lawyers, police, detectives, the wealthy, the military, the bourgeoisie, as well as his countrymen and human nature in general. Daumier was a serious painter, loosely associated with realism, sometimes blurring the boundaries between caricature and fine art. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Honoré Daumier is the 94th most popular painter (down from 87th in 2019), the 279th most popular biography from France (down from 250th in 2019) and the 27th most popular French Painter.

Daumier is most famous for his caricatures of the bourgeoisie, the aristocracy, and the clergy.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Honoré Daumier ranks 94 out of 2,023. Before him are François Boucher, Duccio, Jean-Honoré Fragonard, Cimabue, Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun, and Oskar Kokoschka. After him are Paolo Uccello, Vittore Carpaccio, Paul Signac, Sofonisba Anguissola, Claude Lorrain, and Andrei Rublev.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1808, Honoré Daumier ranks 2. Before him is Napoleon III. After him are Princess Ludovika of Bavaria, Andrew Johnson, Patrice de MacMahon, Duke Maximilian Joseph in Bavaria, Antonio Meucci, Jefferson Davis, Frederick VII of Denmark, Emir Abdelkader, Gérard de Nerval, and Johann Gustav Droysen. Among people deceased in 1879, Honoré Daumier ranks 3. Before him are James Clerk Maxwell, and Bernadette Soubirous. After him are Napoléon, Prince Imperial, Eugène Viollet-le-Duc, Adolf Anderssen, Albrecht von Roon, Rowland Hill, Thomas Couture, Maria Teresa of Savoy, Gottfried Semper, and Charles De Coster.

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In France

Among people born in France, Honoré Daumier ranks 279 out of 6,770. Before him are Jean Marais (1913), Louis, Dauphin of France (1729), Charles de Batz de Castelmore d'Artagnan (1611), Jean-Baptiste Colbert (1619), Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon (1707), and Philip V of France (1293). After him are Prosper Mérimée (1803), François Couperin (1668), Philippa of Hainault (1314), Philip the Good (1396), Henry I of France (1008), and Georges Clemenceau (1841).

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Among PAINTERS In France

Among painters born in France, Honoré Daumier ranks 27. Before him are Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot (1796), Georges Seurat (1859), Berthe Morisot (1841), François Boucher (1703), Jean-Honoré Fragonard (1732), and Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun (1755). After him are Paul Signac (1863), Claude Lorrain (1600), William-Adolphe Bouguereau (1825), Georges de La Tour (1593), Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin (1699), and Pierre Bonnard (1867).

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