International Exhibition of 30 June 1878, symbol of the renaissance of France after the defeat of 1870.
Monet was staying in Paris at the time and was struck by the mood of rejoicing in the flag-hung streets. His colleague Manet chose to stay in the elegant seventeenth arrondissement, where he painted Rue Mosnier Decked Out With Flags, but Monet went to the working class area of Les Halles, and stationed himself on a balcony which afforded a prospect of the rue Montorgueil aflutter with tricolours. (I just finished my representation of the companion painting Rue Saint-Denis Decked Out with Flags)
Pedrito
13-Sep-2005 01:03
la "Marseillaise", bien sûr!
Guest
16-May-2004 17:17
Looks like a pointless celebration
Zach
11-May-2004 16:16
What could these people be celebrating? I wonder...
