The Barricade
<p>Like <em>Civil War</em> (1871/73), this print is set during the street fighting of the Paris Commune. The troops here mirror the firing squad in Édouard Manet’s <em>The Execution of Maximilian</em> (1868–69), a series of paintings that, due to their political intonations, were not exhibited in Paris under Napoleon III. Here though, instead of Emperor Maximilian of Mexico—a Hapsburg installed by Napoleon III and executed at the hands of a resurgent Mexican army—Manet depicted insurgent Parisian Communards executed by the French army, as it suppressed the uprising.</p>
Catalogue
- Year
- 1871
- Medium
- Lithograph in black, with scraping, on ivory chine laid down on ivory wove paper (chine collé)
- Dimensions
- Image: 46.8 × 33.7 cm (18 7/16 × 13 5/16 in.); Primary support: 47 × 33.7 cm (18 9/16 × 13 5/16 in.); Secondary support: 60.4 × 46 cm (23 13/16 × 18 1/8 in.)
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Artist
- Édouard Manet
Artist
Painting
Édouard Manet was a French modernist painter. He was one of the first 19th-century artists to paint modern life, as well as a pivotal figure in the transition from Realism to Impressionism.
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Verified by WattsOS- Artist
- Édouard Manet
- Year
- 1871
- Medium
- Lithograph in black, with scraping, on ivory chine laid down on ivory wove paper (chine collé)
- Dimensions
- Image: 46.8 × 33.7 cm (18 7/16 × 13 5/16 in.); Primary support: 47 × 33.7 cm (18 9/16 × 13 5/16 in.); Secondary support: 60.4 × 46 cm (23 13/16 × 18 1/8 in.)
- Watts ID
- WW-1871-015786
Source
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Source
- aic
- Reference
- View at source
- Status
- verified