Saturday, December 19, 2009
Honore Daumier
During France's dominance in caricature, Daumier was most likely the top artist. He was incredibly successful, producing more then 4000 prints. Often Daumier would attack Louis Philippe in his drawings. Below is the Gargantua, one of two prints that caused Daumier to be imprisoned for six months. This only caused his caricatures to only become more popular.
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