Les Humiliés (etching series)
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Les Humiliés is a series of socially conscious etchings by Edgar Chahine that poignantly depict the lives and struggles of the urban poor and marginalized in early 20th-century France.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
artwork series
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etching series ⓘ |
| artForm | etching ⓘ |
| artist | Edgar Chahine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| artisticIntent |
evoke empathy for marginalized groups
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social critique ⓘ |
| artisticMedium | ink on paper ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Edgar Chahine’s socially engaged works ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| creator | Edgar Chahine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| depicts |
marginalized people
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poverty in France ⓘ social inequality ⓘ urban poor ⓘ |
| genre |
social realism
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socially conscious art ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
class disparity
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compassion for the poor ⓘ human dignity ⓘ social injustice ⓘ |
| historicalContext |
early 20th-century European social issues
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industrial urbanization in France ⓘ |
| languageOfTitle | French ⓘ |
| mainSubject | lives and struggles of the poor ⓘ |
| movement |
Belle Époque art
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French printmaking ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | everyday life of marginalized urban classes ⓘ |
| portrays |
elderly poor
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street scenes ⓘ women and children in poverty ⓘ working-class neighborhoods ⓘ |
| technique | intaglio printmaking ⓘ |
| timePeriodDepicted | early 20th-century France ⓘ |
| titleTranslation | The Humiliated NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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