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

Picasso may have seen the Daumier in an April 1901 publication, curator Brummel argues.

From Washington Post • Mar. 31, 2022

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