Nationality
French
Artist Dates
1808-1879
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Date of Work
1838
Medium
Lithograph
Signature
Initialed in the lithographic stone.
Identification #
2016.001.0597
Collection/Provenance
Gift from the estate of Lilly Jacobson.
Art & Design Study Collection
Status
Stored: Lilly Jacobson Collection Box 10
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
L’artiste Robert-Macaire (Bertrand, au propriétaire) C’est un fameux peintre qui s’extasie sur la beauté de votre cheval et qui demande à en faire une étude… (Le propriétaire congratulé) très bien ! très bien ! (Robert Macaire au propriétaire) quelle magnifique bête !! Oh ! Monsieur, quelle magnifique tête vous avez !!…. permettez donc que je complète mon étude en vous peignant à côté de votre magnifique cheval ……. cela fera un tableau magnifique. …………Un mois après, le propriétaire reçoit une croute vernissée, encadrée et accompagnée d’une demande de mille écus…. il refuse de payer ce qu’il n’a pas commandé ; Robert-Macaire le poursuit en justice……… il paye alors par crainte du scandale et l’artiste passe à une autre étude.
Rights
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