Pictures and Places from Daumier’s Life
Daumier’s house at 9, Quai d’Anjou, Île St. Louis, in Paris, where he lived from 1846 to 1863
A plate is attached at the house at 9, Quai d’Anjou, Île St. Louis
Daumier’s house in Valmondois.
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Académie Suisse in Paris
Daumier statue in Marseille
Alexandre Lenoir, Daumier’s teacher
Exposition de Daumier 1878
Caricature by Cham. Caption: “La caricature allant rendre hommage à son roi”
Daumier’s grave. Drawing by Cherpin.
(From: J. Cherpin, Daumier et la Sculpture, Paris 1979)
Daumier’s grave at the Père Lachaise Cemetery in Paris, restored by the Daumier Register with the support of Daumier collectors at the occasion of Daumier’s 200th birthday in 2008.
(photograph © by Daniel Bolsinger)
House in Marseille where Daumier was born
Daumier’s house in Paris. Etching by Aimé Victor Barraud, Swiss (1902-1954)
Daumier’s house in Valmondois where he died. (Photograph from 1908)
Mme Daumier in front of the house in Valmondois
Obituary for Mme. Daumier
published in Le Radical on Jan.17, 1895
Daumier statue in Valmondois
Place Monument Daumier in Valmondois. (old postcard)
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The Ste.-Pélagie Prison
Enterrement de Daumier. Painting by Manet. (click on the image for enlargement)
1908 Valmondois:
Centennial of Daumier’s Birth (1)
1908 Valmondois:
Centennial of Daumier’s Birth (2)
1908 Valmondois:
Centennial of Daumier’s Birth (3)
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1908 Valmondois:
Centennial of Daumier’s Birth (4)
A HONORÉ DAUMIER
An obituary by his colleague André Gill. This text was published right after Daumier’s death on February 23, 1879.
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Daumier’s house in Valmondois.
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Paul Louis GACHET (1873-1962) of 1906
Rue Daumier in Paris (ancient postcard)
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Obituary for Honoré Daumier in the Charivari by Pierre Véron, editor of Le Charivari from 1866 on
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Rue Daumier in Paris (ancient postcard)
VALMONDOIS -ancient postcard
Gathering for the centennary of Daumier on August 9, 1908. Miss Berthe Bovy, actress from the Comédie Française, reciting poems of Emile Henriot
VALMONDOIS – ancient postcard
Atelier & Maison de DAUMIER à Valmondois
Original drawing by E.-R. Haumont
VALMONDOIS – ancient postcard
Centennary of Daumier, August 9, 1908. The train station flagged for the reception of the Minister of Art
Kunst-Chronik 27. März 1879
Nekrolog / Obituary for Honoré Daumier
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Statue in front of Villa Daumier, chemin latéral du Carrouge, Valmondois.
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VALMONDOIS -ancient postcard. School children in front of the Daumier statue (click on image for enlargement)
Statue in Valmondois, ancient postcard of 1916.
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Inauguration of the statue in Valmondois – August 9, 1908.
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Invitation to take part in the funeral of Honoré Daumier for February 13, 1879. Signed by Madame Daumier and his friends.
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Stereo photo from 1906. A group of people in front of the Daumier statue in Valmondois.
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Daumier’s house in Valmondois. 1906. Etching by Paul VAN RYSSEL or Paul GACHET (11 x 15cm).
Dr. Paul Gachet (1828-1909), became famous as doctor treating Vincent Van Gogh, who in turn made a portrait of the doctor. Gachet was also a painter and engraver. He signed his works with “Paul van Ryssel” (referring to his birth place Ryssel)
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LE PHARE of Feb. 15, 1879 communicates the death of Honoré Daumier. “A stroke followed by paralysis removed him in three days from the affection of all those who had the good fortune to have been close to him.”
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Appeal for donations for the erection of a monument to Daumier’s grave at the Père Lachaise cemetery in Paris. Published in L’ art: revue hebdomadaire illustrée: 5 (1879)
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La villa Daumier.
Daumier’s house in Valmondois. 2025
Home to various exhibitions and artistic workshops for schoolchildren
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DAUMIER IN PRISON begging for five francs
To hell with saving and to hell with caution when you are twenty-four years old, still riding high on the exhilaration of the unforgettable days of 1830 and… feeling like a genius.
After the surprise advent of the pear-headed bourgeois king, the young Daumier embarked on a career in satirical drawing, which was all the rage at the time, and each issue of La Caricature, founded by Philippon, contained priceless caricatures by this novice. But this time, Daumier went too far: the king was depicted as Gargantua, swallowing praise and taxes and giving back… on the other side, patents, decorations and dignities of all kinds! This series of drawings, which were deemed offensive to the majesty of Louis-Philippe, earned the young artist a spell in the Police Headquarters detention centre (from where the note opposite was issued), the first step before his appearance in court.
Sentenced to six months in prison, he served his sentence in Sainte-Pélagie without a penny to his name, among people from all walks of life who had been imprisoned for debt. Upon his release, Daumier, who had sharpened his skills through meditation, continued with renewed vigour to produce work that made him one of the greatest satirists of all time.
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Six poems from 1827 by Daumier’s father, Jean-Baptiste Daumier (1777-1851): Ode to M. le Comte C…: «Heureuse de chanter l’amante de Zéphire»…; Epistels to M. de…«J’ai lu, et je relis encore, votre traduction d’Horace»…; to M. de La Bouïsse «Heureux époux, charmant poète»…; to Melle Duchenois «Chez Sophocle, et chez Euripide»…; a pastoral song, Nicette à Lucile: «La feuille légère, qu’emporte le vent»…; and La Charité, in 3 octaves:
«Ô toi qui fait aimer la vie
Compagne de l’adversité!
Prête-moi douce Charité,
De ta voix la tendre harmonie»…
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The unveiling of the statue ‘Daumier creating Ratapoil’, by artist Louis Mitelberg, known as Tim, took place on Wednesday 23 January 2002 at the National Assembly in Paris.
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Full page article in “La Vie Illustrée”, date unknown, dedicated to Daumier:
A la Mémoire de Daumier.
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Mme Daumier in front of the house in Valmondois. Photograph from the period.
Mme Daumier in front of the house in Valmondois. The photograph of Mme Daumier enhanced by Artificial Intelligence, kindly – and with a playful wink – provided by Joel Pittet, Switzerland.
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