Daumier’s Life
DATE | BIOGRAPHY OF HONORÉ DAUMIER | HISTORICAL & CULTURAL BACKGROUND | ||
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1798 | A. SENEFELDER invents lithography | |||
![]() | 1808February 26 | HONORÉ VICTORIN DAUMIER is born at 3 p.m. as son of the glazier and poet JEAN (Auguste) BAPTISTE LOUIS DAUMIER and of CÉCILE CATHERINE PHILIP in Marseilles. The birth place was at the corner of 11 Place Saint-Martin and Rue de Lyon. His parents gave him the nickname NORIN. | GOETHE writes "Faust"part 1. - Carl SPITZWEG is born. - Birth of NAPOLEON III. - Napoleon I and Alexander I of Russia meet. | |
![]() | February 29 | Honoré was baptized at the Église Saint Martin. A birth register can be found in the archives of the Archdiocese of Marseilles. | ||
1813July 17 | A sister, called BAPTISTINE, is born. | |||
![]() | 1815April | Daumier's father moves to Paris to try his fortune as a poet. | NAPOLEON I escapes from Elba. | |
March 19 | Escape of LOUIS XVIII. Beginning of the "Hundred Days" | |||
September 2 | LENOIR introduces Daumier's father to Princess DE ROHAN. | LASTEYRIE opens first lithographic shop in Paris. | ||
November 26 | The father presents his book to the Royal family. | |||
1816January 2 | Daumier is sent to a boarding school. | |||
October | The Daumier family moves from Marseilles to Paris. | |||
![]() | October 13 | Daumier's father presents his poems to the King. | ||
1817April 2 | The first lithographs following Senefelder's procedure of 1802 are presented at the salon. | |||
![]() | October 2 | Introduction of a legal deposit for lithographs. | ||
1819February 2 | The father publishes his play "Philippe II" in Paris. | CHARLES PHILIPON moves from Lyon to Paris. | ||
![]() | 1820 | Honoré takes on the job as an errand boy at a bayliff's office. | ||
1821March | He becomes an assistant at Delaunay's book shop located at the Palais-Royal. He makes his first drawings. | |||
May 2 | Daumier's brother ATHANASE MARIE GEORGES ALEXANDRE is born. | |||
![]() | 1822 | The parents allow Honoré to study drawing and art with Alexandre LENOIR, who will introduce him to the paintings of RUBENS and TITIAN as well as to classical sculptures. Daumier moves on to study at the ACADÉMIE SUISSE and starts copying in the Louvre. Contacts to RAFFET, JEANRON and the sculptor PRÉAULT. | Death of A. CANOVA. - SCHUBERT composes the "unfinished". - MENDEL, PASTEUR, SCHLIEMANN are born. | |
February 2 | Daumier's future wife MARIE ALEXANDRINE DASSY is born in Paris. | |||
![]() | August 2 | Daumier registers his first prints with the legal deposit: LD A (DR4003). | ||
![]() | September 2 | Daumier registers his first prints with the legal deposit: LD B(DR4004) | ||
![]() | 1823 | Daumier's father publishes LES VEILLES POETIQUES. | BEETHOVEN composes the 9th symphony. | |
1824May | 2 more lithographs are published by Daumier (not listed by LD). | GOYA learns lithography in Paris and Bordeaux. - CHARLES X succeeds his brother LOUIS XVIII | ||
1825 | Daumier works as an assistant to the lithographer BÉLLIARD. - He creates his first lithographic copies of drawings from the Louvre. | Death of DAVID and J. PAUL. | ||
![]() | 1826 | First photo by JOSEPH NIEPCE. | ||
![]() | 1827 | The father publishes a poem in the "Courenne des Poètes Français". | ||
![]() | 1828 | Daumier takes up studies at the school of BOUDIN. | There are 23 lithographic shops in the Seine area, 500 workers on 180 presses, turnover 3 million francs p.a. | |
![]() | 1829 | Daumier's first lithographs appear in LA SILHOUETTE, which was published by RATIER und RICOURT. - He still lives with his parents at 33 Rue de la Barillerie, close to the Palais de Justice. | GOYA dies 1828 in Bordeaux | |
December | Opening of a caricature gallery by AUBERT and his brother in law, PHILIPON at Galerie Véro-Dodat. DANTAN's sculptures exhibited. | |||
![]() | 1830 | Daumier makes his first political caricatures. Meets PHILIPON, BALZAC. | Birth of CAMILLE PISSARRO. | |
July 7 | CHARLES X passes 4 decrees which lead to the July-Revolution(Freedom of Press, elections, etc.). | |||
July 27-29 | He participates in the July-Revolution in Paris. - On advice of PRÉAULT first experiences with sculptures. | CHARLES DARWIN starts his journey around the world. | ||
July 27-29 | July-Revolution "LES TROIS GLORIEUSES". | |||
![]() | July 31 | DUC LOUIS-PHILIPPE d' ORLÉANS appointed as General Governor of the country. | ||
![]() | August 2 | CHARLES X abdicts in favour of his grandson, the DUC de BORDEAUX. Exile in England. | ||
August 30 | The Parliament offers the Royal Crown to the DUC d' ORLÉANS. | |||
![]() | August 8 | LOUIS-PHILIPPE d' ORLÉANS is sworn in as King of the French people. Becomes King LOUIS-PHILIPPE, known as the "Roi Bourgeois" (1830-1848). | ||
![]() | September 9 | Daumier DR12: suppression of publication by the censor. - attacks the House of Representatives. | ||
![]() | November 4 | Starts drafting single lithographs for LA CARICATURE, together with TRAVIÈS, MONNIER, GRANDVILLE, DEVÉRIA, and BALZAC. | CHARLES PHILIPON and his brother-in-law AUBERT establish the satirical paper "LA CARICATURE" | |
December 2 | New law guarantees freedom of the press. | |||
![]() | December 12 | DR18: Daumier attacks LOUIS-PHILIPPE for the first time. | ||
![]() | 1831March | Risk of state insolvency under the government of PÉRIER, SÉBASTIANI, and d'ARGOUT. | ||
March/April | Introduction of new electoral laws. | |||
![]() | June 1 | "DR23," UN HÉROS DE JUILLET | LOBAU suppresses republican demonstrations. | |
![]() | July | Election to the House of Representatives | ||
![]() | October 21 | DR29, Daumier's second attack on LOUIS-PHILIPPE. | The Army is used against Republicans in Paris. | |
November | Suppression of the revolt of the weavers in Lyon. | |||
November 2 | PHILIPON was found guilty for publishing 2 lithographs aimed at the King. | |||
![]() | December 7 | Accusation and acquittal of Daumier and PHILIPON in connection with DR32. | Legal proceedings against the opposition. | |
![]() | December 15 | DR33: publication was suppressed by the censor. | ||
![]() | December 15 | DR34: publication of "GARGANTUA". The government destroys the lithographic stone and seizes nearly all existing copies. | ||
1832 | MANET, W. BUSCH and GUSTAVE DORÉ are born. | |||
January 2 | PHILIPON imprisoned for 6 months. | Death of GOETHE. | ||
![]() | February 9 | Daumier publishes his first lithograph for "LA CARICATURE": DR40. | ||
![]() | DR35: Daumier is opposed to the division of Poland. | LEROUX creates the word "Socialism". - HECTOR BERLIOZ composes the "Symphonie fantastique". | ||
February 23 | "GARGANTUA" ( DR34) leads to legal proceedings and arrest of DAUMIER, DELAPORTE, and AUBERT. Daumier is sentenced to 6 months prison on parole for lèse-majesté and 500 Francs penalty. The sentence is suspended. | |||
![]() | February 23 | DR41: "Le cauchemar" (the nightmare). Daumier signs as "ROGELIN". He attacks LAFAYETTE. The symbolic "pear" appears. | ||
March 2 | PHILIPON is again convicted. | |||
![]() | March 8 | DR42: "Les masques de 1831". | ||
April 2 | Daumier starts work on the "Busts". | |||
![]() | May 12 | DR36: Daumier attacks THIERS for the first time. | ||
![]() | May 31 | DR44: The government is shown as a madhouse. | ||
![]() | July 2 | PHILIPON again imprisoned. | ||
![]() | August 2 | Reinstatement of the suspended prison sentence of February | ||
![]() | August 27 | Daumier goes to prison at Sainte-PÉLAGIE. Meets with ARSÈNE ALEXANDRE and GABRIEL DECAMPS. | ||
![]() | March-June | Outbreak of a cholera epidemic in Paris, 19'000 victims. | ||
May | Prime Minister PÉRIER dies of cholera. | |||
June | Street fights of the workers in the streets of Paris and Lyon. | |||
October | New Government: SOULT, THIERS, and BROGLIE. | |||
November 2 | Daumier is transferred from the Sainte-PÉLAGIE prison to Dr Pinel's private clinic. | |||
![]() | December 1 | Foundation of the CHARIVARI by CHARLES PHILIPON. | ||
![]() | 1833January 14 | Daumier's lithograph drawn in prison, printed by RAMELET. ("L'Imagination"). | F.ROPS and JOHANNES Brahms are born. | |
![]() | January 24 | Daumier's first lithographs in the CHARIVARI: "Royer Collard", DR136 - DR141. | Birth of A. NOBEL. | |
January 27 | End of Daumier's imprisonment. | |||
February 4 | End of PHILIPON's imprisonment. | |||
February | Daumier leaves home and rents an apartment in Rue Saint-Denis. He meets HUET and DIAZ. | |||
November | The CHARIVARI introduces wood engravings (reliefs) in the frontispice. | |||
![]() | 1834 | Daumier creates prints for CHARIVARI and LA CARICATURE. At the same time he makes 36 terracotta busts portraying parlamentarians of his time. | DEGAS and MARK TWAIN are born. | |
February 17 | Law against Freedom of the Press. | |||
March 25 | Daumier draws his 5 famous prints to appear between January and July 1834 in the "ASSOCIATION MENSUELLE". | Law against political parties. Unrest in Paris. | ||
![]() | April | Brutal suppression of the Republican revolt in Lyon and Paris. ("RUE TRANSNONAIN"). | ||
May | Death of LAFAYETTE. | |||
June | New elections and a new crisis of Government. | |||
June 2 | Theatre play of "Robert Macaire" written and staged by Frédéric LEMAITRE. | |||
1835March | New Government consisting of THIERS, BROGLIE, GUIZOT, and PERSIL. | |||
![]() | May | Trial against participants in the revolt of April 1834. | ||
![]() | July | As a result of the new law against freedom of the press, Daumier makes fewer political and more socio-critical lithographs. | Assault of FIESCHI against LOUIS-PHILIPPE. - G. DONIZETTI composes "Lucia di Lammermoor". - Death of A.von HUMBOLDT. |
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August 2 | DR130: Daumier's last political caricature of this period. | |||
August 29 | Due to increasing restrictions against Freedom of the Press, LA CARICATURE ceases publication. | |||
Daumier's monthly income between 1835 and 1845 amounted to 500-600 Francs. | ||||
1836February | New Government consisting of THIERS, PERSIL, GUIZOT, and MONTALIVET. | |||
![]() | August 20 | The first drawing of the series "ROBERT MACAIRE" appears. | ||
September | New Goverment with MOLÉ, PERSIL, and GUIZOT. | |||
October | First attempt of a royalistic coup d'état by LOUIS-NAPOLÉON BONAPARTE. | |||
November | CHARLES X dies in Goritz. - Start of modern journalism featuring advertising and series. | |||
![]() | 1837September | BENJAMIN ROUBAUD (1811-1847) publishes a colour lithograph in the "Panthéon Charivarique" portraying Daumier smoking a pipe. | ||
September 2 | CHARIVARI publishes illustrated alphabets for children at AUBERT. | |||
November | Daumier receives 40 Francs for each lithograph and 20 to 125 Francs for woodcuts. | |||
1838 | Apart from lithographs, Daumier starts with woodcuts and book illustrations for BALZAC, SUE etc. From 1838 to 1852 he produced some 600 wood engravings (more than 1'000 in the course of his life). | |||
1839 | M. DUTACQ becomes the new owner of the CHARIVARI. - Paul CEZANNE is born. | |||
February 2 | Daumier now receives 50 Francs per lithographic stone. His average monthly income amounts to 500-700 Francs. | |||
![]() | Start of the series "MOEURS CONJUGALES" and "ÉMOTIONS PARISIENNES" (until 1842). | Photography pioneered by DAGUERRE and NADAR gains importance. | ||
![]() | May | PHILIPON publishes the CARICATURE PROVISOIRE with the collaboration of DAUMIER and BALZAC. | PRUDHON's "Qu'est-ce que la propriété" appears. - MONET and RODIN are born in 1840 | |
1840March | Second unsuccessful coup d'état by LOUIS-NAPOLÉON BONAPARTE. | |||
![]() | 1841 | Daumier's "HISTOIRE ANCIENNE" appears in the CHARIVARI. | The railway system is being commercialized. - RENOIR is born. | |
1842July | The Conservatives win the elections. | |||
Daumier is repeatedly in financial difficulties. | ||||
1843 | VICTOR HUGO publishes his play "Les Burgraves." | Attempted alliance with PEEL-ABERDEEN, England. | ||
September | Queen VICTORIA visits France. | |||
![]() | 1844 | Daumier publishes the series "LES BAS-BLEUS", "LES ÉTRANGERS À PARIS", "LES PHILANTROPES DU JOUR" and "VOYAGE EN CHINE". | ||
August | France bombards Tangiers. | |||
![]() | 1845 | He publishes "LES GENS DE JUSTICE", "PASTORALES", and "PROFESSEURS ET MOUTARDS". He moves to 9, Quai d'Anjou on the Ile Saint-Louis, where he will remain until 1863. | ||
1846 | Publication of Daumier's "LES BONS BOURGEOIS"and "LES PAPAS". | |||
![]() | February 2 | Daumier's son is born. | ||
![]() | April 16 | Daumier marries the 24 years old seamstress MARIE ALÉXANDRINE DASSY (Dédine, Didine, Nini). | ||
![]() | 1847 | The series "LOCATAIRES ET PROPRIÉTAIRES" appears. Friendship with BAUDELAIRE, JEANRON, BOULARD, DAUBIGNY, STEINHEIL, GEOFFROY-DECHAUME, PASCAL, ELMERICH, DECAMPS and others. | ||
February 15 | Meeting with BARYE and others to form an independent Salon (exhibitions). CHAMPFLEURY is appointed speaker for the group. | |||
March | Proposals for an electoral reform are rejected. | |||
July | The first Reform-banquet established in Paris. | |||
![]() | September | Modification of Government: The conservative GUIZOT becomes Prime Minster. | ||
1848 | Death of Daumier's son. | GAUGUIN and v. LILIENTHAL are born. | ||
January 14 | Prohibition of a reform-banquet in Paris. | |||
February | Publication of the "Communist Manifest" in London. | |||
![]() | February 22-24 | February-Revolution. King LOUIS-PHILIPPE abdicts and goes into exile to England. | ||
February 25 | Proclamation of the "Right for work". | |||
April 23 | Unions are supporting elections to the Legislative. | |||
May 4 | Proclamation of the "Second Republic". | |||
June 21 | Closing of the "National workshops" (unionized). | |||
June 23-25 | Bloody suppression of the labour movement and revolt in Paris by the prefect CAVAIGNAC. 3'000 workers are killed and 11'000 revolutionaries arrested. | |||
June 24 | Beginning of the military dictatorship of CAVAIGNAC. | |||
![]() | August | New restrictions to the Freedom of the Press. | ||
September 15 | Daumier paints the oil painting "MADELEINE EN PRIÈRE" on commission by the Government. | German National Assembly in the Paulskirche, Frankfurt. - Cholera epidemic in Europe. | ||
![]() | November 21 | Proclamation of a new Constitution. | ||
December 10 | First appearance in public as a painter with the painting "LA RÉPUBLIQUE NOURRIT SES ENFANTS ET LES INSTRUIT". | LOUIS-NAPOLÉON BONAPARTE wins the elections by a large majority. | ||
![]() | 1849 | The series " LES FEMMES SOCIALISTES" is being published. | Birth of STRINDBERG, E.A. POE, death of CHOPIN. | |
May 13 | Electoral victory of the Conservatives. | |||
August | Cholera epidemic in France. | |||
![]() | 1850 | The series "IDYLLES PARLEMENTAIRES" appears, as well as the oil painting "DON QUIXOTE AND SANCHO PANSA". Daumier creates a first model of the statuette "RATAPOIL". Friendship with DELACROIX. | RICHARD WAGNER composes "Lohengrin". - Steamer connection betrween Bremen and New York. - BALZAC dies in Paris | |
May 15 | A new law, "LOI FALLOUX", restores the leading role of the catholic church in school education. | |||
May 31 | Restrictions to the right to vote are introduced. | |||
June 8 | Press censorship is tightened. | |||
August 26 | LOUIS-PHILIPPE dies while in exile in England. | |||
1851January | Meeting with the historian Jules MICHELET. | Death of W. TURNER. | ||
![]() | April | The first version of "RATAPOIL" DR9637 is shown | New realignment of the Government. | |
July 19 | CHAMPFLEURY publishes an enthusiastic article on Daumier. | Parliament rejects a constitutional revision. | ||
December 2 | Coup d'état by LOUIS-NAPOLÉON BONAPARTE. | |||
December 3-4 | Resistance in Paris and in the provinces. | |||
December 5-10 | Oppositional politicians are arrested. | |||
![]() | December 21 | Plebiscite: LOUIS-NAPOLÉON BONAPARTE is elected as President for a period of 10 years. | ||
1852 | BAUDELAIRE, DE BANVILLE and CHAMPFLEURY are publishing articles and studies on Daumier. | VINCENT van GOGH is born. GOUNOD writes Ulysse. - GIUSEPPE VERDI composes "La Traviata". | ||
January 14 | Presentation of a revised Constitution. | |||
![]() | February 2 | Decree to a new electoral law. | ||
February 17 | Again restriction of Freedom of the Press and introduction of State censorship for press and theater. | |||
November 21 | Plebiscite for the reintroduction of a revised system of monarchy. - Industrial development gains importance. | |||
December 2 | LOUIS is crowned as Emperor NAPOLÉON III. | |||
![]() | 1853 | Daumier starts spending his summers in VALMONDOIS. | HAUSSMANN demolishes the old Paris and starts modernizing the city (" les grands boulevards"). | |
![]() | 1854March 28 | France and England declare war against Russia. | ||
September | Crimean War. | |||
![]() | October | Siege of Sebastopol. | ||
![]() | 1855 | Daumier paints various lawyers paintings. | World Fair in Paris. | |
1856 | Daumier has contacts with MILLET,COROT, and ROUSSEAU. | H.HEINE dies in Paris | ||
March 30 | End of the Crimean War. | |||
1857 | Project for a lithographical series on the "Fables" of LAFONTAINE. - Daumier engages in drawing mainly theatrical scenes. | War against China and first world economic crisis. | ||
![]() | 1858February | Making of the series "EN CHINE". | Assassination attempt on NAPOLÉON III. | |
February 2 | Paris butchers lose their monopoly | |||
ZILLE is born, OFFENBACH composes"Orphée aux Enfers" | ||||
![]() | 1859 | France and Sardinia declare war against Austria (MAGENTA und SOLFERINO). | ||
![]() | November 10 | Peace of Zurich. Lombardia becomes property of NAPOLÉON III. | ||
1860March | After having been dismissed by the CHARIVARI, Daumier starts drawing lithographs for various other papers and works on numerous oil paintings. | Free Trade Agreement with England. - GUSTAV MAHLER and H. WOLF are born. - France und England occupy Beijing. | ||
![]() | 1861 | "LA LAVEUSE AU QUAI D'ANJOU" (today at Albright-Knox Art Gallery in Buffalo) and "LES BUVEURS" shown at Martinet, Paris. | French, English, and Spanish troops are sent to Mexico for collection of debts. | |
1862 | Daumier publishes lithographs in Le BOULEVARD and LE MONDE ILLUSTRÉ (wood cuts). - Death of PHILIPON. | 2nd World Fair in London. Treaty of Saigon signed. - 3 Chinese provinces become French property. | ||
1863 | France occupies Mexico City. The Austrian MAXIMILIAN becomes Emperor of Mexico. | |||
June 2 | Bankruptcy of LE BOULEVARD. | |||
October | Due to financial difficulties, Daumier moves from Ile St.- Louis to Boulevard Rochechouart, then to Rue l'Abbaye and finally to Boulevard Clichy. | Birth of EDVARD MUNCH and HENRY FORD. | ||
![]() | December 18 | Daumier takes up work again at the CHARIVARI and the JOURNAL AMUSANT. | "Le déjeuner sur l'herbe" painted by MANET | |
1864 | Daumiers concentrates on theater and lawyers themes. | Strikes in Paris and easing of the press censorship. | ||
September | First prints for the PETIT JOURNAL POUR RIRE. | Foundation of the International Labour Association. | ||
1865 | Summer vacation at ROUSSEAU's house in Barbizon. | Birth of JAN SIBELIUS. | ||
BAUDELAIRE writes the "Vers pour le portrait de M. Daumier". | WAGNER writes "Tristan and Isolde". | |||
October 1 | Daumier moves to VALMONDOIS. | ABRAHAM LINCOLN is assassinated, end of US civil war. | ||
1866 | After intervention of the U.S., France pulls her troops out of Mexico. MAXIMILIAN will be shot by the revolutionary Government of Suarez. | |||
![]() | 1867 | Daumier draws political themes again. He meets GAMBETTA. | Käthe KOLLWITZ is born. | |
Daumier's eyesight starts deteriorating. | ||||
1868 | His friends THÉODORE ROUSSEAU and BAUDELAIRE die. - COROT supports Daumier financially. - Daumier's last prints and drawings appear. | Beginnig of the great strike movement in Paris, Lyon and Le Creusot.- Max SLEVOGT is born. | ||
![]() | 1869November | Opening of the SUEZ CANAL. First performance of VERDI's "Aida".- "War and Peace" by TOLSTOI. | ||
![]() | 1870May | Daumier has a presentiment of war between France and Prussia and creates passionate prints against the church and against war in general. | DICKENS and DUMAS die. - Birth of BARLACH, FEININGER, ROUAULT. - SCHLIEMANN excavates Troy. | |
Daumier refuses to accept the cross of the "Légion d'Honneur". | ||||
![]() | 1870/71 | He works together with MANET, COROT, COURBET, and BONVIN to change the rules of admission to the Salons (art exhibitions). | Start of the French-German war and designation of the German LEOPOLD as King of Spain. | |
September 1 | The Prussians capture NAPOLÉON III. | |||
September 4 | Proclamation of the Third Republic. | |||
September 19 | BISMARCK'S troops have sourrounded Paris. | |||
1871January 28 | Armistice. | |||
![]() | February 13 | THIERS is appointed Prime Minister. | ||
![]() | February 26 | Peace treaty of VERSAILLES. Alsacia becomes part of Germany. | ||
March 18 to May 28 | During the COMMUNE, Daumier is appointed to work in a commission for the protection of museums and objects of art in Paris. | Establishment of the COMMUNE in Paris. | ||
March 18 | The Army and the National Guard are joined while the Government escapes to Versailles. | |||
March 26 | Victory of Socialists and Republicans at the elections for the Paris COMMUNE. | |||
April 9 | Supported by the Prussians, the Versailles Government bombards Paris. Blockade of Paris. | |||
![]() | May 10 | Peace treaty between Versailles and Prussia. | ||
May 21 | Massacre in the streets of Paris under MAC- MAHON against members of the COMMUNE. | |||
May 27 | Ending of the fights at Père-Lachaise cemetery, in Paris. 30'000 victims are counted, 40'000 were arrested and 3'000 deported. | |||
![]() | 1872September | Daumier makes his only poster: "ENTREPOT D'IVRY" (DR4008). ). Last print in Charivari DR3937. | Birth of PIET MONDRIAN and R. AMUNDSEN. | |
1873 | Daumier, now almost blind, ceases working. | |||
May 24 | MAC-MAHON replaces THIERS. | |||
![]() | 1874 | Daumier's house in Valmondois is registered in his name (purchased by Corot in 1868?). | Death of MICHELET. - Birth of ARNOLD SCHÖNBERG, WINSTON CHURCHILL. | |
1875January 30 | France is finally declared a Republic. | |||
![]() | February 2 | Death of COROT and MILLET. | ||
1877 | Daumier receives a State pension of 1200 Francs annually. | Death of COURBET. | ||
1878April 17 | His pension is increased to 2400 Francs annually. | Death of DAUBIGNY. | ||
![]() | His friends prepare the first extensive exhibition at DURAND-RUEL, which however was not successful. Introductory speech by VICTOR HUGO. | LOUIS PASTEUR publishes "The Microbes". | ||
1879January 3 | MAC-MAHON abdicts. | |||
![]() | February 10 | Daumier dies at Valmondois at the age of 71. | Birth of KLEE, STALIN,TROTZKI and EINSTEIN. | |
![]() | 1880April 16 | Transfer of Daumier's coffin to Paris and burial at Père-Lachaise cemetery. | ||
THIERS dies one year after Daumier. | ||||
1888 | ARSÈNE ALEXANDRE publishes the first Daumier biography. | |||
![]() | 1895January 11 | Death of Mme. Daumier at the age of 72, after having sold all remaining works of art of her husband for a lump sum of 1200 Francs. | ||
1901 | First comprehensive exhibition of Daumier's work in Paris. | |||
![]() | 1929February 11 | The „Société des Dessinateurs Humouristes“ with Forain as president placed a plaquette on Daumier's house at 9, Quai d’Anjou stating that he had lived there from 1846 and 1863. | ||
![]() | 2005 | The Daumier-Register digital work catalogue of Daumier's oeuvre goes public | ||
2008 | 200th anniversary of Daumier's birth. Important exhibitions, shows and retrospectives to be expected worldwide! Daumier-Register arranged renovation of Daumier's grave at Père Lachaise financed by private contributions. |