Robert Macaire
- – This is a past exhibition
Selected from the Armand Hammer Daumier and Contemporaries Collection
Robert Macaire: A Chameleon and a Critic celebrates Honoré Daumier's most popular fictional character, Robert Macaire, a smooth talking, plump-bellied, pseudo-stylish conman who appeared in over 140 of Daumier's caricatures in the 1830s and '40s. Considered to be a precursor to the modern-day comic strip, each new scenario presents Macaire and his sidekick Bertrand taking on a different role in order to confuse their victims, to criticize French society, and to amuse the reader.
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Honoré Daumier, Robert Macaire, July 30, 1835Lithograph. The Armand Hammer Daumier and Contemporaries Collection, Gift of Dr. Armand Hammer. Hammer Museum, Los Angeles. -
Honoré Daumier, Robert Macaire philantrope., August 28, 1836Lithograph. The Armand Hammer Daumier and Contemporaries Collection, Gift of Dr. Armand Hammer. Hammer Museum, Los Angeles. -
Honoré Daumier, Robert Macaire au restaurant, December 28, 1836Lithograph. The Armand Hammer Daumier and Contemporaries Collection, Gift of Dr. Armand Hammer. Hammer Museum, Los Angeles. -
Honoré Daumier, Robert Macaire, October 22, 1837Lithograph. The Armand Hammer Daumier and Contemporaries Collection, Gift of Dr. Armand Hammer. Hammer Museum, Los Angeles.