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The Art Of Life Under Siege At Christmas-Time

Paris in the winter of defeat, 1870-71

Dec 21, 2022
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Alphonse de Neuville served in the French Navy and saw the face of war in person. In the Trenches is one of his works related to the Franco-Prussian War of 1870-1871, and one of his best paintings ever, in this author’s opinion. Melancholy, suffering, endurance, dim hopes in the doldrums of winter — this sad snapshot of Paris under siege still has all t…

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