Nationality
French
Artist Dates
1808-1879
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Date of Work
1834
Medium
Sur blanc
Signature
Initialed in the lithographic stone.
Identification #
2016.001.0164
Collection/Provenance
Gift from the estate of Lilly Jacobson
Art & Design Study Collection
Status
Displayed: Second Floor, near the Fredrikson & Byron Law Firm Office suite
Location
UND School of Law
Artist Bio
Honoré Daumier was a prolific painter, printmaker and caricaturist born in 1808 in Marseille, France. In 1822 Daumier studied under Alexandre Lenoir, an artist and archaeologist that was dedicated to saving French monuments during the French Revolution. One year later he went on to attend the Académie Suisse. His works are best known for commenting and critiquing on the 19th century social and political life in France. Honoré Daumier's works can be found at the Louvre, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Rijksmuseum, and several other prominent collections internationally. The University of North Dakota holds more than 1600 works by Daumier, the vast majority of which are part of the Lilly Jacobson Collection, which can be accessed here: https://commons.und.edu/daumier-prints/.
Aside from making powerful politically-charged images that reflected his pro-republican views, Daumier satirized lawyers, doctors, businessmen, professors, and lifestyles of the bourgeoisie. Although the inscriptions that accompany Daumier’s lithographs were not written by him, one might assume they mostly conveyed the spirit of the artist’s intent behind his images.
Additional Information
Series: La Caricature
Published in La Cariacture
Original text: Très bien! très bien! vous vous êtes parfaitement conduits! l'on va vous diriger sur Beaulieu, sur Poissy, sur Bicêtre, je suis content de vous.
Notes:
This print, which is based on real events, illustrates Daumier’s views on the justice system and its unfairness toward political prisoners. King Louis Phillippe, who is rendered pear-shaped by the artist, praises three chained prisoners for their help in putting out a fire at the Saint-Michel prison in Toulouse, France. Although they expected to be released as a reward for their good services, they were instead merely transferred to another prison.
Included in the Daumier III: Law, Medicine, and Social Satire exhibition.
Rights
Images are provided for educational purposes only and may not be reproduced for commercial use. Images may be protected by artist copyright. A credit line is required to be used for any public non-commercial educational purpose. The credit line must include, “Image courtesy of the University of North Dakota.”
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