Les Bons Bourgeois

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Les Bons Bourgeois is a satirical series of lithographs by Honoré Daumier that humorously critiques the manners, pretensions, and everyday life of the French middle class in the 19th century.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf lithograph series ⓘ
satirical print series ⓘ
artForm lithography ⓘ
artisticStyle caricatural exaggeration ⓘ
social satire ⓘ
artisticTechnique lithography ⓘ
countryOfOrigin France ⓘ
creator Honoré Daumier ⓘ
creatorNationality French ⓘ
creatorOccupation caricaturist ⓘ
painter ⓘ
printmaker ⓘ
criticizes bourgeois hypocrisy ⓘ
conformism ⓘ
self‑satisfaction of the middle class ⓘ
vanity ⓘ
culturalContext July Monarchy France ⓘ
linked to: July Monarchy

Second Empire France ⓘ
depicts French middle class ⓘ
bourgeois domestic life ⓘ
social pretension ⓘ
urban life in Paris ⓘ
genre satire ⓘ
hasPart individual lithographic plates ⓘ
historicalPeriod 19th century ⓘ
influencedBy Parisian middle‑class culture ⓘ
contemporary French politics ⓘ
intendedAudience readers of satirical prints ⓘ
languageOfText French ⓘ
mainSubject 19th‑century French society ⓘ
French bourgeoisie ⓘ
middle class manners ⓘ
medium ink on paper ⓘ
movement Caricature ⓘ
Realism ⓘ
portrays everyday domestic scenes ⓘ
family life of the bourgeoisie ⓘ
material comfort and complacency ⓘ
social climbing ⓘ
publicationMedium illustrated press ⓘ
purpose humorous commentary on bourgeois life ⓘ
social criticism ⓘ
tone critical ⓘ
humorous ⓘ
ironic ⓘ

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Honoré Daumier → notableWork → Les Bons Bourgeois ⓘ