New: Artnap New Tab for Chrome. A museum painting in every new tab. Add to Chrome

Honoré Daumier

2,862 works

Featured

Filters

Works per page

Lithograph of an elderly teacher pinning a medal on a schoolboy while classmates watch, by Honoré Daumier, 1846.

Mr. Alfred Cabassol, seul de la classe vous avez passé toute cette semaine sans vous moucher sur votre manche, receve…

1846

Lithograph of schoolboys scuffling under trees while a stern older man in a dark cap looks on, by Honoré Daumier, 1845.

Jeunes imprudens qui se laissent emporter par le point d'honneur et qui narguent les arrêts de la Cour de Cassation.…

1845

Daumier lithograph of schoolboys crowding and peering over one another, with a top-hatted man reading a newspaper, 1845.

Ce qui nous prouve que, dès le collège, les hommes ne cherchent qu'à se passer pardessus les épaules les uns des autr…

1845

Pen and ink sketch of a sick man in bed flanked by two hooded, cone-capped figures, by Honoré Daumier.

The Imaginary Invalid

1860

Lithograph of a startled man peering from a train window while another man grips the compartment door outside.

Le Danger de s'assoupir en voyage

1843

Daumier lithograph of a stern schoolmaster with a ferule standing over a pupil holding out his hand in a classroom.

LA VIEILLE MÉTHODE. / - Ah! drôle, vous passerez donc toute votre vie à mettre des queues de papier au séant des mouc…

1845

Daumier lithograph of banqueting men in a dramatic interior, with light rays and tablets labeled Patrie and Constitutionnel.

Le Festin de Baltazar-Véron

1850

Le Jour n'est pas plus pur que le fond de mon coeur (Phedre)

1841

Le Jour n'est pas plus pur...

1841

Lithograph of a street clothes dealer in a tall hat, calling out, carrying bundled garments over his shoulder on a cobbleston

Le Marchand d'habits

1842

Lithograph of caricatured men in top hats and cloaks on a cobblestone street, one gripping a walking stick.

Le Md de chaines de suretés

1840

Hand-colored caricature of a hunter with a shotgun and dog, looking up at birds flying above a leafy bush.

Ah! Sapristi. . . . je crois que ce sont des oiseaux de proie. . . . ils mangeaient du raisin! . . (- Oh damnation. .…

1847

Lithograph of a stout caricatured man in top hat and long coat with a cane, standing before a domed building and city skyline

Le Membre de toutes les Académies

1842

Lithograph of a doctor in a top hat holding a watch, facing a nurse in a white cap who gestures with open hands.

Le Médecin et la garde malade

1840

Daumier lithograph of a figure in a conical hat placing a laurel wreath on a bowing man, with onlookers behind.

Le Prochaine distribution de priz a l'Académie Française

1851

Lithograph of a stooped man in a top hat picking up cigar ends on a cobbled street while two gentlemen talk nearby.

Le Ramasseur de bouts de cigares

1841

Lithograph of a top-hatted man beside carriage number 13 as a passenger looks out, with city buildings behind.

Le Recors

1841

Daumier lithograph of a showman gesturing at seated caricatured figures on a stage while a man collects coins from a barrel.

Vous voyez ici les grandes célébrités de la France littéraire, musicale et artistique, ils ont tous 36 pieds au desso…

1843

Lithograph of a man grooming a dog on a street as a woman with a basket watches beside a dog-grooming shop sign.

Le Tondeur de chiens

1842

Lithograph of an elderly schoolmaster with a pointer at a lectern beside a standing pupil, students seated behind them.

Le Vielle méthode

1845

Daumier lithograph of a man gesturing at a woman seen from behind in a dim interior with a wall lamp.

Le jaune d'oeuf n'a pas été assez battu...

1846

Lithograph of two men in top hats fighting in a city street while onlookers watch, by Honoré Daumier, 1849.

Les Amis de la paix - Résultat de descours Coquerel...

1849

Daumier lithograph of a man in a hat and cloak kissing a stern-faced woman's cheek, with French caption below.

Les Beaux Jours de la Vie (series of prints)

1844

Daumier lithograph of a man in a patterned robe dusting beside a marble bust of a woman on an ornate table.

Dire qu' Arsinoé n'était pas contente d'être portraiturée, Daguerréotypée, lithographiée et biographiée!. . .il faut…

1844

Daumier lithograph of a distressed father holding a crying baby while two children cry nearby, 1838.

Father with three crying children

1838

Daumier lithograph of a woman in a black gown exhaling smoke beside a man in checkered stockings holding cloth, 1844.

Dis donc. . . mon mari. . . j'ai bien envie d'appeler mon drame Arthur et d'intituler mon enfant Oscar!. . . mais non…

1844

Daumier lithograph of an older man in a top hat with cane gesturing at a younger man, satirical caricature from 1837.

Exploitation de la Paternité. / Ah ! Mon fils, ne perdez jamais la piété filiale, souvenez vous toujours qu’un père e…

1837

Lithograph caricature of a man gesturing with a hand on his chest beside a melancholy veiled woman in a tiara.

Je pars, plus amoureux que je ne fus jamais (Bérénice). Sarjasta Physionomies tragico-classiques

1841

Colored lithograph of a smoking man in a brown coat regarding a laurel wreath on a yellow shield marked Sadowa anniversary.

[It doesn't matter, the laurels have yellowed a bit since last year]

1879

Lithograph of crowded passengers in a railway carriage, men in top hats and women in bonnets, drawn in a satirical style.

Les Chemins de Fer (series of prints)

1843

Lithograph of a crowd in robes and pointed hats watching a rearing horse, with a seated figure on a platform and distant ride

Les Courses de chevaux

1844

Daumier caricature: a woman points at an electoral law box while three exaggerated top-hatted men look on, 1850.

Les Fricoteurs Politiques

1850

Lithograph of tumbling top-hatted men with wings and feathers falling through a sky under a sun labeled Février 1848.

Les Nouveaux Icares

1850

Daumier lithograph: a kneeling father bends over a basin while a standing child watches beside a water pitcher.

Les Papas (series of prints)

1846

Lithograph of a stooped man in a frock coat leaning toward a grilled counter where another man reaches through, with a top ha

Les Philantropes du Jour (series of prints)

1844

Lithograph of a caricatured tenor on stage in a cape and costume, gesturing to seated theater audience members below.

Les Promesses d'un ténor

1842

Lithograph of a cloaked woman gesturing toward Paris-style theatre facades, with costumed actresses on a balcony above.

Les Reines des théâtres du boulevard...

1858

Caricature lithograph of a committee of men listening to a reader gesturing beside a table with a manuscript.

Tout-ce-qu'on voudra / Un comite ecoutant la lecture d'une tragedie

Lithograph of a couple in period dress on a city street, the man in a top hat, the woman in a feathered hat, with a crowd beh

Les Étrangers dévisagés par eux-mêmes

1844

Caricature lithograph of seated man with oversized head, crossed arms, and an open book beside him.

Léon Faucher

1849

Daumier lithograph of a bored man seated by a desk while his wife lies sprawled among books, with a top hat and cane.

Ma Femme reste bien long-temps à ce banquet...

1849

Daumier lithograph of three women in long skirts reacting dramatically while one gestures, with French caption below.

Ma chère, notre comédie en deux actes vient d'être refusée au Théâtre Français!...

1852

Lithograph of crowded bathers splashing in a river beside a wooden ladder, with a French caption below.

The source of the Seine is the Cote d'Or, and it empties into the Channel. On its way it traverses Paris where the in…

1839

Caricature of a general in Turkish costume facing a soldier with a plumed hat, a small figure between them on a flat landscap

[Le général Schlagmann, s'imaginant que le costume donne du courage...]

1879

Lithograph of two reclining men on grass beside an easel and parasol, with trees and hills, satirizing landscape painters at

Landscape Painters at Work, plate 309 from Souvenirs d'artistes

1862

Colored lithograph of newspaper sellers on a cobbled street, a man in a top hat reading a paper, with a French caption.

Krantenverkoopsters

1848

Daumier lithograph of a man pressing a satirical printing press, with a bundle of papers in the foreground, 1833.

Lodewijk Filips I van Frankrijk onder een drukpers

1833

Lithograph of a seated woman in white drapery gazing sadly at the sea beside rocks, with birds overhead.

Calypso, from the series Histoire Ancienne (40)

1842

Lithograph of two classically dressed figures, a curly-haired man and a veiled woman, with French caption, by Honoré Daumier.

Mon char, mes javelots, tout cela m'importune. Je ne me souviens plus des leçons de Neptune (Phèdre).Sarjasta Physion…

1841

Daumier lithograph of two men on a riverbank, one holding an oar and smoking a pipe, with city buildings and boats behind the

All Right Rigobert, My Old Friend…, plate one from Les Canotiers Parisiens

1843

Daumier lithograph of a shouting man in a rowboat beside a sleeping companion, with a steamboat approaching across calm water

An Unpleasant Encounter, plate sixteen from Les Canotiers Parisiens

1843

Lithograph of a capsized boat with swimmers in a river, a floating top hat, a bridge, and a city riverbank.

A New Way to Float Down the River of Life, plate three from Les Canotiers Parisiens

1843

Daumier lithograph of a dripping man before a seated official at a desk, with a guard at a window and handwritten caption bel

A Man Saved Against his Will, plate seven from Les Canotiers Parisiens

1843

Caricature of three men in a sailboat, one shouting through a speaking trumpet, with a seaside town behind them.

A Boat Maneuver, plate nine from Les Canotiers Parisiens

1843

Three men in a rowing boat on water, one smoking a pipe and one shouting, with a handwritten dialogue caption below the drawi

An Encounter in Open Water, plate eleven from Les Canotiers Parisiens

1843

Lithograph of a man in a paper cap working a large printing press while a figure sits trapped beneath it.

"So, you want to meddle with the press!," plate 319

1833

Lithograph caricature of a scowling man with curled hair and a cravat, captioned Le passé, Le présent, L'avenir.

The Past, the Present, the Future, plate 349

1834

Black and white lithograph of an officer aiming a mortar that launches a man in a top hat above a watching crowd.

A large mortar with a short range, plate 488

1834

Daumier lithograph of two women in bonnets talking, one holding a bread loaf, with men in top hats behind them.

“- Oh, here you are..... what do you have there?..... - Let's not talk about it.... we are having guests, and I just…

1839

Daumier lithograph of a tall officer beside a yawning, stretching man in a shirt and armchair, with French caption.

aaaah!!... and I dreamt that I had fought courageously!,” plate 304

1833

Lithograph of an old man in a nightcap warming his hands at a fireplace, with bottles and a teapot on the mantel.

General Mortier, the evening before the battle of Waterloo, plate 456

1835

Lithograph of two men at a window, one peering through a tube while the other looks on, with rooftops beyond.

"Oh! It is as if we were there: the tall one opens her corset and the little one is looking for a flea!," plate 27 fr…

1840

Lithograph of two top-hatted men leaving a Paris shop counter while a shopkeeper watches from behind jars.

“Everything is Paid for? And We Didn't Insult Anyone… Bye,” plate 31 from Types Parisiens

1839

Lithograph of a butcher holding up meat as an elderly woman in a shawl sniffs it, with sausages and hams hanging behind.

“You Sniff the Merchandise… Before Buying It,” plate 32 from Types Parisiens

1839

Lithograph of an elderly bookseller examining a book while two boys in top hats stand before a city book stall.

Twee studenten proberen hun woordenboek Latijn te verkopen

1845

Caricature lithograph of dripping bathers in a wooden swimming school, one man staring anxiously while a head emerges from th

I'm Not Going in There Anymore! - I Think There are Crayfish Down There..., plate one from Les Baigneurs

1839/42

Caricature of a grimacing seated man in a white robe as a barber leans over him with a razor, hats and coat on the wall.

[Diable! Diable!]

1879

Lithograph of a concierge with a broom in a doorway speaking to a woman with clasped hands, caricature style.

"- My God! Madame Bombec, what happened to you? - Don't mention it, my dear, it's horrible. The world is going from b…

1840

Lithograph of a barber cutting a seated customer's hair while two onlookers whisper at left, caption Un coup de feu.

"Fire!", plate 35 from Types Parisiens

1839

Caricature lithograph of two men in a hat shop, one holding a black top hat while the other looks on.

"It fits you like a glove!," plate 34 from Types Parisiens

1839

Daumier lithograph of an old woman raising a bundle of sticks over a child in a cluttered interior.

The Touch, plate 42 from Types Parisiens

1839

Lithograph of an elderly man holding a bottle and glass beside an open cabinet of bottles, by Honoré Daumier, c. 1839.

The Taste. “Wow! I am not surprised any more why this fellow is so spirited... and he calls me an old beast! Let me h…

c. 1839

Lithograph of a couple in top hat and bonnet gazing at a crescent moon over Parisian rooftops, with a child at right.

Sight, plate 39 from Types Parisiens

August 4, 1839

Lithograph of a woman in a nightcap leaning over a bed while a crying baby lies in a cradle nearby.

Sense of Hearing. “- Wake up Nini!.... I have been calling her for more than an hour, and she always replies: yes Ado…

1839

Lithograph of an older man in a cap sniffing a flower among potted plants, with a birdcage in the background.

Smell, plate 38 from Types Parisiens

1839

Daumier lithograph of two men talking beside railway tracks, one in a top hat holding a cane, with a distant train.

“- What do you mean, there are soon going to be air trains? - But of course, Monsieur... you see, it will then be ver…

1843

Daumier lithograph of a stooping man, a woman raising an umbrella, and a fallen figure in a town street.

Followers of Mr. Cobden, exercising their peaceful functions, plate 5 from Souvenirs Du Congres De La Paix

1849

Daumier lithograph of men crowding a barrier at the Deligny baths entrance, a tall man in front holding his hat.

Entrance to the public baths at Deligny, plate 3 from Croquis D'été

1859

Lithograph of caricatured bathers in the Seine with a crowd on a distant sloping riverbank under a hazy summer sky.

View of the Seine near Asnières during the dog days, plate 2 from Croquis D'été

1854

Caricature of a stout officer with folded arms watching a distant hunter fire at birds, from Daumier's 1867 Actualités plate

“-What a shame that I am not allowed go hunting,” plate 180 from Actualitiés

1867

Lithograph of a seated diner and a standing waiter in a restaurant hall with a crowd and framed paintings behind them.

The Restaurant at the Exhibition. “- No clients at all… aren't these people hungry? - I guess that the hungry ones ar…

1857

Daumier lithograph of top-hatted men on a city street, one whispering to another about an artificial plum company.

“- I'll go public with my business.... this is the right moment... I form a company with a capital of 3 Million Franc…

1856

Daumier lithograph of a top-hatted man arguing with a concierge at her doorway while two boys stand on the stairs behind him.

“- But you told me that children are not allowed in this house... - Sir, these are not children... they are the sons…

1857

Lithograph of seated men in top hats looking toward a standing female figure labeled France, by Honoré Daumier, 1869.

Run-Off Elections. “- Will she invite me for a second waltz?,” plate 114 from Actualités

1869

Caricature of two street performers on a cobbled street, with a crowd of top-hatted men and a Bourse building behind them.

The Mountebanks. “- Oh Maître Bilboquet, we have had it... these clowns will steal our show! Don't you worry, Gringai…

1839

Lithograph of two nude performers before a row of stern, bearded scientists in a lecture hall, satirical caricature.

The Aztecs before the scientists, plate 211 from Actualités

1855

Caricature lithograph of startled men covering their ears beneath huge bells in a cluttered hall, by Daumier, 1855.

In the bell section, plate 27 from L'exposition Universelle

1855

Lithograph of a stout uniformed man holding an open birdcage as two birds fly away, one perched on his head.

Two Grand Dukes Leaving for Sebastopol, plate 166 from Actualités

1855

Daumier lithograph of three seated men, two holding shotguns and one in a top hat looking alarmed, with a French caption.

“- Inspite of all their assertions that their guns are only loaded with small shots, it is nonetheless annoying to be…

1855

Lithograph of a stout man and a woman in bonnet at an outdoor café table under trees, with glasses and onlookers behind.

On the Champs-Elysées. Tasting of the industrial products of different brewers, plate 18 from L'exposition Universelle

1855

Lithograph of top-hatted men walking a city street, one yawning widely, by Honoré Daumier, 1846.

Promenade hygiénique et sentimentale, légèrement embêtante, mais remplissant parfaitement son but qui est de faire re…

1846

Daumier lithograph: a man in a top hat and spectacles drives a cabriolet while a woman in a bonnet looks on beside him.

[Qu'a donc ma femme á regarder ce cabriolet avec tant d'attention...]

1879

Lithograph of a man raising his top hat to a fishmonger's stall of lobsters while a bonnetted woman stands beside him.

[Croquades politiques nº26]

1879

Daumier caricature of two stern teachers in a classroom as a startled pupil gestures beside them, with students seated behind

Vous voyez, monsieur, l'ordre le plus parfait règne dans mon établissement. . . . et ce que vous ne sauriez imaginer,…

1846

Lithograph of a woman in a bonnet and shawl leaving while a man feeds a baby seated at a table.

Adieu, mon cher, je vais chez mes éditeurs;. . . je ne rentrerai probablement que fort tard. . . ne manquez pas de do…

1844

Lithograph of a student crowd tossing books into the air while a man in a dark coat stands at center.

UNE ÉMEUTE. / - Po po polisson! . . . je vais dou dou . . . bler tous vos devoirs! . . . - De quoi des devoirs. . . .…

1845