Largely self-taught, he studied briefly with Alexandre Lenoir, but he learned most from his study of the classical sculpture and Dutch and Flemish painting in the Louvre, Paris. In 1831, he became a contributor to the satirical journal La Caricature. When it was censored by the regime in 1835, he joined the staff of Le Charivari and was associated with that journal for the next 30 years. T he main subjects of Daumier's satirical cartoons were the corrupt regime, the injustice of the law courts, and the hypocrisy of the middle class. His paintings and sculpture, however, are generally considered inferior to his more than 5,000 extant lithographs, which display a great mastery of line and highly refined tonalities.
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