Art Against Censorship

Honore Daumier, comedy, and resistance in nineteenth-century France

By: Erin Duncan-O'Neill

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Hardcover | 23 July 2024

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Honore Daumier's artistic journey began within the confines of a prison cell, his first paintings emerging during a six-month sentence in 1832. Convicted for inciting hatred against the king, he navigated a politically charged era where explicit subjects faced censorship in the press. Renowned as a political cartoonist, Daumier (1808-79) delved into literary satire, transcending caricature due to repressive measures. Exploring painting, sculpture, and watercolor, he drew inspiration from La Fontaine, Moliere, and Cervantes, using their characters and narratives to infuse his political statements with a glorified literary context. This book illuminates Daumier's ingenious approach to political resistance in nineteenth-century France.

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'This in-depth study of literary references in the work of Honor© Daumier - Moli¨re, la Fontaine, Cervantes - offers a compelling tale of subversive political satire in the face of censorship.'
Judith Wechsler, author of A Human Comedy: Physiognomy and Caricature in Nineteenth Century Paris

'Art against censorship offers an important reassessment of Honor© Daumier's work as caricaturist and painter. Focusing on the many literary allusions and references in the artist's expansive oeuvre, Duncan-O'Neill affirms both the complexity of graphic satire in nineteenth-century France and the deftness with which Daumier deployed coded cultural references in conveying political messages at times of heightened censorial control. In its interrogation of the interplay between seventeenth-century literature and nineteenth-century visual culture, the book not only enhances our understanding of the work of Daumier but also offers new perspectives on the cultural afterlives of Moli¨re, Cervantes, La Fontaine and Rabelais. Art against censorship makes a powerful case for the continued vitality and importance of culture as a form of dissent, and as a means of speaking truth to power.'
Laura O'Brien, author of The Republican Line: Caricature and French Republican Identity, 1830-52

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