The term bourgeois originated in medieval France, where it denoted an inhabitant of a walled town. Its overtones became important in the 18th century, when the middle class of professionals, manufacturers, and their literary and political allies began to demand an influence in politics consistent with their economic status. Marx was one of many thinkers who treated the French Revolution as a revolution of the bourgeois.
Source: Britannica
I was in an art gallery and so confused about the use of the term with respect to art contemporary to the French Revolution. So I looked it up lol
Historically the assholes who laid claim to high value land and defended it with walls, cutting out all the nomads and tribes that still depended on those areas for their yearly season cycle.