Nationality
French
Artist Dates
1808-1879
Title of Work
Hier, dans la rue St. Honoré un respectable vieillard
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Date of Work
1844
Medium
Lithograph
Signature
Initialed in the lithographic stone.
Identification #
2016.001.0475
Collection/Provenance
Gift from the estate of Lilly Jacobson.
Art & Design Study Collection
Status
Stored: Lilly Jacobson Collection Box 7
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 Philantropes du Jour
Published in Le Charivari
Original text: Hier, dans la rue St. Honoré un respectable vieillard, tombât frappé d'une attaque d'appoplexie, c'en était fait de lui si par hasard le célèbre docteur Cabassol qui était à sa fenêtre au N° 107, ne s'était empressé de voler à son secours: grâce à des soins intelligens et prodigués avec la plus touchante sollicitude, le malade fut promptement rappelé à la vie. Notre célèbre docteur Cabassol mettant le comble à sa généreuse conduite n'a voulu recevoir pour récompense de ses soins que les remerciemens d'une famille qui bénira éternellement son nom. Honneur au docteur Cabassol!" - Dites donc, c'est vous le respectable vieillard en question, hier vous avez manqué de tomber en venant me voir, vous auriez pu vous blesser et alors j'aurais pu vous secourir.... j'ai arrangé tout ça d'une manière un peu plus dramatique pour le journal.... ça ne vous fait pas de mal et ça me fera grand bien!
Rights
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