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

The range of figures Mr. Pettibon looks to for visual inspiration is as catholic as his literary sources: Blake, Goya and Daumier; Reginald Marsh, John Sloan and Edward Hopper.

From New York Times • Dec. 30, 2016

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

I said I was twenty-nine and a great-nephew of Honore Daumier.

From "Nine Stories" by J. D. Salinger