Nationality
French
Artist Dates
1808-1879
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Date of Work
1845
Medium
Lithograph, published in Le Charivari, initialed in the lithographic stone
Identification #
2016.001.0056
Collection/Provenance
Gift from the estate of Lilly Jacobson. Art & Design Study Collection
Status
Stored: Lilly Jacobson Collection Box 2
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
Published in Le Charivari Original text: Pardon, mon cher monsieur..... je suis désolé, mais je ne puis pas prêter l'oreille au récit de vos infortunes.... vous le voyez, j'ai là deux secrétaires auxquels je dicte nuit et jour des notes pour mon grand travail sur les classes souffrantes du globe... vous devez comprendre que les forces humaines ont des bornes et du moment où je donne mon temps à tous les infortunés en général, il m'est physiquement impossible de m'occuper encore de chaque malheureux en particulier!
Rights
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