Artwork
Ou ça bourgeois? C'est-il a l'heure ou ...
Ou ça bourgeois? C'est-il a l'heure ou ... is an ink print by the Romanticist artist Honoré Daumier. It dates from 1841 and is held in the collection of the National Gallery of Art. 'Ou ça bourgeois?
About this work
Overview
'Ou ça bourgeois? C'est-il a l'heure ou ...' is a lithograph by Honoré Daumier, depicting a cloaked figure conversing with a man in a horse-drawn carriage.
Subject & Meaning
The print shows a woman in a dark cloak leaning into an open carriage to speak with a thin, stiffly seated man holding the reins. The scene subtly conveys class distinction and social dynamics.
Technique & Style
Daumier employed lithography to produce affordable, mass-produced prints. The technique allowed for bold lines and deep shadows, creating tension in the otherwise subdued scene.
Context
The lithograph reflects Daumier's practice of using satire to critique Paris's upper class in 19th-century magazines, offering biting social commentary.
Artist & collection
Artist
Honoré-Victorin Daumier was a French painter, sculptor, and printmaker, whose many works offer commentary on the social and political life in France, from the Revolution of 1830 to the fall of the Second French Empire in 1870.
Un coléoptère chinois
Le groom public
Soyez tranquille bourgeois, on connait
Adieu! ... A la grâce de dieu ...
Eh! Mère Godichet c'est pas étonnant ...
Le marchand de contremarques
V'la un particulier qui doit ...être inquiet ...
Comment ... tu as encore acheté un ... chapeau ...
Voisin, êtes-vous comme moi? ...