Daumier's Life

Part 9: After 1879

Date	Biography of Honoré Daumier	Historical & Cultural Background

1880 April 16	Transfer of Daumier's coffin to Paris and burial at Père-Lachaise cemetery.
		THIERS dies one year after Daumier.
1888	ARSÈNE ALEXANDRE publishes the first Daumier biography.
1895 January 11	Death of Mme. Daumier at the age of 72, after having sold all remaining works of art of her husband for a lump sum of 1200 Francs.
1901	First comprehensive exhibition of Daumier's work in Paris.
1929 February 11	The „Société des Dessinateurs Humouristes“ with Forain as president placed a plaquette on Daumier's house at 9, Quai d’Anjou stating that he had lived there from 1846 and 1863.
2008	200th anniversary of Daumier's birth. Important exhibitions, shows and retrospectives to be expected worldwide!