Honore-Victorin Daumier (French: [onoRe domje]; February 26, 1808 until February 10 1879) was a French artist, sculptor, and printmaker, whose many pieces provide a commentary on political and social conditions in France beginning with the Revolution of 1830 to the collapse of the second Napoleonic Empire in 1870. His life was a series of caricatures, cartoons , and humorous portrayals of political figures. The artist is known today for his work in periodicals as well as newspapers. He was a republican democrat who was against the clergy, the bourgeoisie lawyers, the judiciary as well as politicians and the monarchy. Daumier was in jail for several months in 1832 after the publication of Gargantua which was an especially insulting and sexy portrayal of the King Louis-Philippe. Daumier was also an accomplished artist. He was frequently visited at Parisian Salons however was mostly ignored and dismissed by the majority of critics and French public.
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