Honoré’s work is defined by its painter sensibility — an enduring influence on generations that followed. Most artists are dead; following is a declaration of love.

Backstage Fairgrounds
Honore Guilbeau American, 1907-2006

“- Here, Eudoxie, take my bear skin... since from now on I will not have the pleasure any more to wear it, I give it to you to make a muff out of it... This way I have at least the satisfaction of seeing it from time to time”
Honoré Victorin Daumier French, 1808-1879

Bishop at Mass in a Historiated Initial "P" from a Choirbook
French or possibly southern Netherlandish follower of Master Honoré (French, flourished 1288-1300)

The Print Collector
Honoré Victorin Daumier (French, 1808–1879)

Nadar Elevating Photography to the Heights of Art, plate 367 from Souvenirs d’artistes
Honoré Victorin Daumier French, 1808-1879

Rue Transnonain, on April 15, 1834, October 2, 1834, plate 24 from L’Association mensuelle
Honoré Victorin Daumier French, 1808-1879

Panels from the High Altar of the Charterhouse of Saint-Honoré, Thuison-les-Abbeville: Saint Honoré
French; Picardy

Portrait of a Man in Costume
Jean-Honoré Fragonard (French, 1732–1806)

Portrait of Honoré Daumier
Etienne Carjat French, 1828-1906

Arbor with Two Children (Le Nid d'Armour)
Jean-Honoré Fragonard French, 1732-1806

"- Can you see the comet?... just there, at the tip of my finger ... don't lose sight of my finger tip!," plate 5 from La Comète De 1857
Honoré Victorin Daumier French, 1808-1879

Family Scene
Honoré Victorin Daumier French, 1808-1879

“- What a fuss this sour-face from the fifth floor is making! Wearing a hat just to buy two cups of milk for one sou! - Oh, Madame Capitaine, aren't we fancy today...,” plate 36 Types Parisiens
Honoré Victorin Daumier French, 1808-1879

The Letter, or The Spanish Conversation
Jean-Honoré Fragonard French, 1732-1806

"- My God! Madame Bombec, what happened to you? - Don't mention it, my dear, it's horrible. The world is going from bad to worse, I would rather be janitor at the botanical garden! You know that Bézuchet from the fifth floor, the one that always insists that her good-for-nothing daughter who is fat around the hips has become..... I only replied: Ah, well! - And that's the person who… - Of course, even a blind man can see that!,” plate 30 from Types Parisiens
Honoré Victorin Daumier French, 1808-1879

Malbroug s'en va-t-en Guerre...
Honoré Victorin Daumier French, 1808-1879

The Past, the Present, the Future, plate 349
Honoré Victorin Daumier French, 1808-1879

An Activist, from Les Femmes Socialistes
Honoré Victorin Daumier French, 1808-1879

The Grape Gatherer, from Les Bons Bourgeois
Honoré Victorin Daumier French, 1808-1879

A New Outfit for the Lion's Hunt, plate 395 from Actualités
Honoré Victorin Daumier French, 1808-1879