Nationality
French
Artist Dates
1808-1879
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Date of Work
1842
Medium
Lithograph, published in Le Charivari, initialed in the lithographic stone
Collection/Provenance
Art & Design Study Collection
Status
Displayed
Location
University House
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
Histoire ancienne. Les nuits de Penelope.
De son époux absent l'adorable profil, toujours à ses doux yeux brillait comme une étoile. Maís pour tramer trois ans et sa ruse et sa toile il fallait qu'elle eut un fier fil.
English: Ancient History: The Nights of Penelope. The adorable profile of her absent spouse, was hanging quietly in her house. But to weave for three years, plot and more must have really made her quite a bore.
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