While other uncouth figures fought with their clubs, animal skins appealed to a different group, as John Godward’s beauties draped their bodies on them.
Meissonier
As winter grew colder, Parisians started to starve. A city known for its food and restaurants had to scavenge meals based on horse, dog, cat and even rat.
Origin of the French tricolour, and Marianne, Norway making its way to independence, 4th July flag parades, and dressing overall at regattas.
Frédéric Bazille and Henri Regnault, both killed in the brief Franco-Prussian War. War artists including former surgeon Henry Tonks show scenes from the First World War.
Paris was under siege from September 1870 to the end of January 1871. Painters commanded its defenders, and showed its distress.
Winner of the Prix de Rome in 1866, in the next 4 years he painted several startling canvases which took the Salon by storm. Then he was killed.
The Eclectic Light Company 