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Paintings

The reigns of Napoleon I and Napoleon III saw the visual arts change in extraordinary ways, from Neoclassicism to Eclecticism, from the beginning of Romanticism, to the start of Impressionism. (Re-)discover a new painting every month, whether a famous masterpieces or by a lesser known artist.

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Paintings : 22

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General de Lariboisière bids adieu to his son, just before the Battle of Borodino, 7 September, 1812

During the last years of the Empire, Gros’s talent as a history painter appeared to be on the wane; it would be through his military portraits that he would rediscover the creative intensity of his earlier work, such as Bonaparte visiting the plague victims of Jaffa and Napoleon visiting the battlefield of Eylau. But whilst the […]
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The Immortality of Nelson

Born in the English colony of Pennsylvania, Benjamin West set up in London in 1763 after having spent a time in Italy, where he had discovered nascent Neo-classicism. A founding member of the Royal Academy and its president for thirty years, West was George III’s official artist and protégé, not to mention covered with honours. […]