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(1840 - 1926) | 909.1.34. Date : Circa 1878 | Medium : Oil on canvas. The subject of this painting is the first official national celebration to take place following the defeat of Napoleon III in 1870, when the conservatives regained power.
Claude Monet. (1840 - 1926) | 909.1.34. Date : Vers 1878 | Technique : Huile sur toile. Cette peinture a pour sujet la première fête nationale autorisée depuis la défaite de Napoléon III en 1870 et la reprise du pouvoir par les conservateurs.
Flags were flown on 30 June, 1878, to mark the opening of the Great Exhibition. On that day, a sea of flags was fluttering in the wind, and countless people filled the streets. Monet painted two pictures on this occasion, depicting the Rue Montorgueil and the Rue Saint-Denis, respectively.
The Rue Montorgueil, like its twin painting The Rue Saint-Denis (Rouen, musée des Beaux-arts), is often thought to depict a 14 July celebration. In fact it was painted on 30 June 1878 for a festival declared that year by the government celebrating "peace and work".
During a famously snowy winter, he painted 18 views of Argenteuil blanketed in snow. Many of them, like this work, show his street – the boulevard Saint-Denis – leading down from the railway...
View the original masterpiece of The Rue Saint-Denis, 30th of June 1878 II by Claude Monet and buy a hand-painted oil painting reproduction to hang on your wall.
Aug 14, 2024 · Media in category "The Rue Saint-Denis in Paris. Celebration of June 30, 1878 by Claude Monet" The following 5 files are in this category, out of 5 total.
