The Paris Commune—Allegory

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May 1871.

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Artist

Name:
Steinlen, Théophile-Alexandre
Dates:
1859-1923
Countries:
France, Switzerland

Illustration

Subject:
People
Format:
Portrait (taller)
Source:
The Getty Research Institute, The Internet Archive
Observations:
Monogram PP bottom left

Periodical

Title:
Le chambard socialiste
Author:
Gérault-Richard, Alfred et al.
Publisher:
Paris: Imprimerie Centrale, 1893-1894

Description:

A woman stands on cobblestones among fallen comrades, defiantly holding a flag which billows behind her as whiffs of smoke blur the outlines of her lower body. It has been suggested this could be a heroic portraiture of Louise Michel.

In his illustrations for Le chambard socialiste, Steinlen used the alias Petit Pierre, thus playing on his name, which, in German, means "little stone."

 

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