Best Daumier
Daumier’s *Rue Transnonain* (1834) is a lithograph depicting the brutal killing of Parisians by the July Monarchy's National Guard. The artwork powerfully portrays the chaotic scene following the massacre on Rue Transnonain in Paris, becoming a significant symbol of social injustice and resistance d...
Daumier's 1834 lithograph published in L'Association Mensuelle portrays the French Chamber of Deputies as a semicircle of bloated, indifferent legislators, considered one of his greatest political prints.
"Gargantua" is an 1831 political lithograph by French artist Honoré Daumier published in the satirical journal La Caricature. The artwork portrays King Louis-Philippe I as the literary giant Gargantua, consuming resources and gold extracted from the impoverished French populace. This act of visual d...
Daumier's series of over 100 lithographs published in Le Charivari between 1836 and 1838 follows the swindler Robert Macaire, becoming a landmark in the development of the recurring cartoon character.
