Title of Artwork: “Gargantua”

Artwork by Honore Daumier

Year Created 1831

Summary of Gargantua

Comic publication La Caricature published this caricature of the French King Louis Phillippe as the nameless Gargantua character from Rabelais’s foul and crude novel, Gargantua.

All About Gargantua

Like Daumier’s works, Gargantua explored the meaning of words and how or when they were judged obscene, as well as the many social institutions and their effectiveness and justification. Six months in jail at Saint Pelagic followed Daumier’s creation of an unpleasant portrait of King Louis XIV. La Caricature, the periodical that published Daumier’s work following his release and return to society, was shortly shut down after his release.

Information Citations

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