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French Revolution

Élisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun: surviving by her portraits

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A superb painter in pastels, she painted Marie-Antoinette, Queen of France, more than thirty times. She survived the revolution and terror to paint Napoleon’s youngest sister as a queen.

May 20, 2022 General, Life, Painting

The French Counter-Revolution: Painting propaganda 2

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The 1890s saw an unexpected number of paintings of this civil war. Were they Republican or Royalist statements?

March 31, 2019 Life, Painting

The French Counter-Revolution: Painting propaganda 1

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From the death of 14 year-old Joseph Bara to the massacre of local Catholics, civil war in the land to the south and north of the Loire was thoroughly brutal.

March 30, 2019 General, Life, Painting

A portrait of revenge: hell hath no fury like a painter scorned

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What does a painter do when the person who commissioned their portrait won’t pay, and demands the painting be withdrawn from show?

October 30, 2016 General, Life, Painting

The Story in Paintings: David the Goliath

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The most politically adept artist, David was a leader of the French Revolution, then a friend of Napoleon.

March 17, 2016 General, Painting
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