Thursday, January 14, 2016

The Burning of the Tuileries (1871)

Georges Jules Victor Clairin: The Burning of the Tuileries

The painting by Georges Jules Victor Clairin in 1871, The Burning of the Tuileries, depicts the symbolic and political act of burning down buildings that symbolized monarchist power as well as buildings that were being captured and used by the enemy, from the perspective of a communarde holding the red flag of the Commune. [Blaze Burgess]

Wednesday, January 13, 2016

Monday, January 11, 2016

Alexandre Cabanel (1871)

 Alexandre Cabanel: Baroness Paul von Derwies
  
Alexandre Cabanel: Giacomina

Sunday, January 10, 2016

Corot Landscapes (1865-70)

 Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot: Cowherd and her Child
  
 Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot: Meadow with Two Large Trees
  
 Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot: Morning on the Estuary, Ville d’Avray
  
 Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot: Paturages Marecageux
  
 Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot: The Bridge at Nantes
  
 Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot: Souvenir of Riva
  
Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot: The Boatmen of Mortefontaine

Saturday, January 9, 2016

Cossacks Attacking (1870)

Édouard Detaille: Cossacks Attacking a Squad of the 
Gardes d'honneur from the Jeune Garde Imperiale