Réapparition de la jeunesse dorée en 1851

Art Historical Context

**Réapparition de la dorée en 1851** *Honoré Daumier, 1851, Lithograph* *Corcoran Collection (Gift Dr. Armand Hammer), Gallery of Art* Honoré Daumier, a masterful French caricaturist of the 19th century, captures the flamboyant return of the "jeunesse dorée"—the gilded youth—in this biting 1851 lithograph. These dandies, evoking the extravagant elites of the 1790s Directory era, strut in exaggerated finery amid France's turbulent Second Republic.umier's sharp wit skewers the idle rich, contrasting their frivolity with the era's social unrest and political upheaval leading to Louis-Napoléo...

About the Artist

Honoré Daumier · 1810–1879

Honoré-Victorin Daumier (1808-1879) was a prolific French printmaker, caricaturist, painter, and sculptor whose works offered incisive commentary on the social and political life of 19th-century France. Known as the 'Michelangelo of Caricature,' Daumier produced over 4,000 lithographs, 500 paintings, 1,000 drawings, and 100 sculptures during his lifetime. His biting political satire led to his imp...