Honore Victorin Daumier print-maker, painter and sculptor was born in Marseille France and moved to Paris in 1816. In 1822 he studied under Alexandre Lenoir and in the following year, entered the Academie Suisse while working for a lithographer and publisher named Belliard. He joined the staff of the periodical La Caricature and later worked for the periodical Le Charivari contributing many lithographs. A major exhibition of his works was held at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in 1901.