What idiots! You paint a religious picture for them and they laugh.... they don't even have a devotion to art!..., from 'Sketches from the Salon,' published in Le Charivari, June 1, 1865

“What idiots! You paint a religious picture for them and they laugh.... they don't even have a devotion to art!...,” plate 4 from Croquis Pris Au Salon par Daumier

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

Just look what a degenerated and corrupt world we are living in...., from 'Sketches from the Salon,' published in Le Charivari, June 8, 1865

Honoré Daumier, Destouches, Aaron Martinet

Come on... don't be such a bourgeois.... at least have a look at this Courbet!, from 'Sketches from the Salon,' published in Le Charivari, June 22, 1865

Honoré Daumier, Destouches, Aaron Martinet

Ah, my dear sir, allow me to tell you that this year you have quite simply exhibited a masterpiece, from 'Sketches from the Salon,' published in Le Charivari, May 31, 1865

Honoré Daumier, Destouches, Aaron Martinet

Looking at a Manet painting, from 'Sketches from the Salon,' published in Le Charivari, June 19, 1865

Honoré Daumier, Destouches, Aaron Martinet

Well, if you look very closely, you might end up finding some quality! The color seems to be good., from 'Sketches from the Salon,' published in Le Charivari, June 16, 1865

Honoré Daumier, Destouches, Aaron Martinet

Let's leave Madame... these nudes are revolting... (aside) I'll come back later., from 'At the Salon,' published in Le Charivari, May 5, 1866

Honoré Daumier, Destouches, Arnaud de Vresse

A fantastic painter, from 'A sketch from the Salon,' published in Le Charivari, May 11, 1865

Honoré Daumier

Well, if you look very closely, you might end up finding some quality! The color seems to be good, from 'Sketches from the Salon,' published in Le Charivari, June 16, 1865

Honoré Daumier, Destouches, Aaron Martinet

In front of Mr. Gustave Moreau's paintings, from 'Exhibition sketches,' published in Le Charivari, June 3, 1864

Honoré Daumier, Destouches, Aaron Martinet

Just imagine my good fellow.... if they knew how we make their cheese, they surely wouldn't hurry so much, from 'News of the day,' published in Le Charivari, December 30, 1865

Honoré Daumier, Destouches, Aaron Martinet

The visitor and the artist, from 'Sketches from the Salon,' published in Le Charivari, May 30, 1864

Honoré Daumier, Destouches, Aaron Martinet