"-Ο καλλιτέχνης με απεικόνισε τη στιγμή που γράφω το μελαγχολικό μου βιβλίο 'Ατμοί της ψυχής μου!"

April 1842

Furniture Sold to Cover Debts

Debts and financial difficulties accompanied Daumier for most of his life: in April 1842 his furniture was sold at auction by court order to pay off his debts.

mid-1840s

The Series "Les Gens de Justice"

Around the mid-1840s Daumier began publishing his famous caricatures of lawyers, "Les Gens de Justice," a biting satire of judges, attorneys, and defendants that eventually comprised 39 subjects.

1846

Move to the Île Saint-Louis; Meeting Baudelaire

In 1846 the couple moved to 9 Quai d'Anjou on the Île Saint-Louis, where they lived until 1863. Writers and artists gathered at the nearby Hôtel de Lauzun; there Daumier met Baudelaire, who became his close friend and champion, and grew close to Corot, Courbet, Delacroix, Millet, and Rousseau.

2 February 1846

Birth of His Son Honoré

On 2 February 1846 the seamstress Alexandrine Dassy gave birth to Daumier's son, named Honoré.

16 April 1846

Marriage to Alexandrine Dassy

On 16 April 1846 Daumier married Alexandrine Dassy.