- Daumier, Honore
- (2/26/1808 Marseilles-2/10/1879 Valmondois) (France)Painter, lithographer, sculptor, draftsman, and caricaturist. Studied with A. Lenoir and the Academie Suisse. Worked as an assistant to the lithographer Beliard. Became an extremely popular artist whose works of humble folk became icons of popular culture.Reproductions: [Copulating couple on chair] [attributed to circle of Daumier]; Pen and watercolor; Nash, 1995: p. 85 . Home pleasures [couple copulates on sofa]; Nash, 1995: p. 56 [C]. Hours do not chime for happy folk; c1832-1835; Neret, 1994: p. 547 [C]. In the kitchen; 1863; watercolor; Smith, 1974: p. 53 [C] / Tilly, 1986: p. 35 [C] / Bentley, 1984: p. 6 [C]. Lovers; 1863 Neret, 1994: p. 545 [C]. [Man performing cunnilingus]; watercolor; Smith, 1974: pp. V [C], 54-55 [C]. Pleasure at home; c1832-1835; Neret, 1994: p. 546 [C].Source: Benezit, vol. 4: pp. 452-456; DoA vol. 8: pp. 545-549; ThB VIII 1913: p. 434.
Dictionary of erotic artists: painters, sculptors, printmakers, graphic designers and illustrators. Eugene C. Burt.