DAUMIER, H. - Société du Clystère. Robert Macaire philantrope. Vois-tu Bertrand...(Plate 2)

Plate 13 from CROQUIS D'ÉTÉ (“Summer sketches”), a series of 55 lithographs, which appeared in the Charivari during the summer months of the years 1853 to 1859 and again in 1865.
According to Provost, one of the open air public swimming boats on the Seine, was anchored very close to Daumier's house at the Quai d'Anjou.
After the July-Revolution and the reinstatement of the Freedom of the Press, CHARLES PHILIPON (1800-1862) recognised the growing desire of the public for information. In 1830, he founded the political satirical illustrated paper LA CARICATURE.
PHILIPON’s brother-in-law GABRIEL AUBERT was responsible for the distribution and sale of the publication.
LA CARICATURE can be considered the first political and satirical French newspaper of that period combining politics and contemporary art. In total, there appeared 251 editions of LA CARICATURE from Nov.4, 1830 to Aug.27, 1835 featuring 524 caricatures of various artists, of which 91 by Daumier. Each edition fluctuated between 750 and 2’000 copies.
2008 will mark the 200th anniversary of Honoré Daumier's birth. It will be the DAUMIER YEAR with events and exhibitions all over the world to celebrate this special birthday and to commemorate this outstanding artist.