1808-1879. French artist. His sharply 
dramatic and satirical cartoons dissected 
Parisian society. His produced over 4,000 
lithographs and, mainly after 1860, powerful 
satirical oil paintings that were little 
appreciated in his lifetime. Daumier drew for 
La Caricature, Charivari, and other 
periodicals. He created several fictitious 
stereotypes of contemporary figures and was 
once imprisoned for an attack on Louis 
Philippe. His paintings show a fluent 
technique and mainly monochrome palette. He 
also produced sculptures of his caricatures, 
such as the bronze statuette of Ratapoil 
about 1850 (Louvre, Paris).