French artist (1808–1879)
He made France laugh at its kings and then jailed him for it. Daumier's caricatures ran in the papers for forty years — sharp, relentless, aimed at everyone from monarchs to lawyers to the bourgeoisie — while his paintings, which his peers quietly revered, went almost entirely unseen until the final months of his life.
Daumier came from poverty, working by twelve, learning lithography in his teens and churning out caricatures for satirical sheets after the 1830 Revolution. A cartoon depicting Louis Philippe as Gargantua landed him in jail in 1832; after his release the September Laws muzzled the press and his targets shifted to daily Parisian life and veiled political barbs. He married in 1846, moved to the Île Saint-Louis, and began painting seriously alongside Baudelaire, Corot, and Courbet, though the public ignored the canvases. His cartooning fell out of favor in 1860 and years of debt and obscurity fol…
Sourced, dated quotes from Honoré Daumier
Dear Monsieur, I can make a drawing for you; when you have time to see me we will talk about it. I am always at home during the day. I have the honor of greeting you, h. Daumier.
My dear Genron, I am forced to write to you because I can not go to see you because I am detained at Ste. Pelagie by a slight indisposition.. ..I eagerly await your response.
The swarm of ducks so darkens the sky that poor Europe does not know which way to go
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