Daumier

American  

[doh-myey] / doʊˈmyeɪ /

noun

1. Honoré 1808–79, French painter, cartoonist, and lithographer.

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Daumier British  

/ domje /

noun

1. Honoré (ɔnɔre). 1808–79, French painter and lithographer, noted particularly for his political and social caricatures

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Example Sentences

In 1848, artist artist Honoré Daumier completed a famous painting of a Frenchman raising his fist as a commemoration of the uprisings that had erupted that year to oust France’s last serving monarch, King Louis-Philippe.

From Slate • Apr. 4, 2023

When people say, “Who are your influences,” I tell them it’s Daumier and Posada.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 1, 2022

He is an intellectually passionate Frenchman who believes in his nation’s long history of employing taste-eschewing visual satire to make a point — an authority-thumbing tradition that dates back to Daumier in the mid-19th century.

From Washington Post • Dec. 15, 2015

The collection included small works by Picasso, de Kooning, Daumier, Giacometti and Man Ray.

From New York Times • Oct. 6, 2015

It seemed urgent to me not only to reiterate my earlier lies—about my kinship with Daumier, about my deceased wife, about my small estate in the South of France—but to elaborate on them.

From "Nine Stories" by J. D. Salinger