Nationality

French

Artist Dates

1808-1879

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Date of Work

1846

Medium

Lithograph

Signature

Initialed in the lithographic stone.

Identification #

2016.001.0218

Collection/Provenance

Gift from the estate of Lilly Jacobson.

Art & Design Study Collection

Status

Stored: Lilly Jacobson Collection Box 4

Location

UND Art Collections Office, Hughes Fine Arts Center

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: Les Bons Bourgeois

Published in Le Charivari

Original text: Le jaune d'œuf n'a pas été assez battu... je suis sur que votre cousin le pompier est venu.... ah!...Marguerite, Marguerite.... vos liaisons finiront par vous perdre, dans mon esprit..... surtout si vous continuez à y mettre trop de sel!...

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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