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The Franco-Prussian War, which caused the collapse of the Second French Empire, was a military and political disaster for France. In the post-war period, the idea that France should rise to meet the challenge posed by the German Empire gained traction in French society.
Paintings that emphasized the humiliation of the defeat were in high demand, such as The Spy by de Neuville. [4] In response, Neuville aimed at depicting episodes of the Franco-Prussian War in his works, and began by representing the Bivouac before Le Bourget (1872).
Detaille enlisted in the 8th Mobile Bataillon of the French Army when the Franco-Prussian War broke out in 1870; by November he was seeing and experiencing the realities of war. This experience allowed him to produce his famed portraits of soldiers and historically accurate depictions of military manoeuvres , uniforms , and military life in ...
In this painting by Pierre Puvis de Chavannes a woman holds up an oak twig as a symbol of hope for the nation's recovery from war and deprivation after the Franco-Prussian War. [94] The Walters Art Museum. On 26 January 1871, the Government of National Defence based in Paris negotiated an armistice with the Prussians.
The Last Cartridges (French: Les Dernières Cartouches) is an oil on canvas painting by the French artist Alphonse de Neuville, from 1873. [1]It recreates an incident of the Franco-Prussian War, when the French defenders of Bazeilles fought to the last cartridge during the 1870 Battle of Sedan.
The painting was created in 1871, in the aftermath of the French defeat at the Franco-Prussian War and the Paris Commune, and it testifies to his dark historical context. Doré was from Strasbourg, and as such felt deeply the loss of Alsace–Lorraine to Germany. At first sight, the painting surprises with its uniform and almost monochrome ...
The Attack at Dawn is a recreation of a Prussian assault on a French village. To the left of the painting, a bugler sounds the alarm. French troops rush from the inn, their uniforms identify them as Turcos or Algerian rifleman and mobiles or members of the Garde Mobile.
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