http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/impressionist_fact_of_the_day_4 While the impressionists, as as group, were of varying political persuasions, an artist of an earlier generation made his republican politics the final act of his very public life: Gustave Courbet. During the "week of blood" in 1871, when the French army fought and crushed the self-appointed Paris Commune, Courbet, a leading communard, waged war on a statue. Courbet was made Director of Museums, but his new appointment did nothing to dampen his republican convictions. On 16 April he was formally inducted into the Commune of Paris, and plotting to bring down the Column of the Vendome, a plan Renoir... Copyright 2008 Wed, 02 Jul 2008 11:00:00 -0800 Thu, 03 Jul 2008 08:25:56 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Do you like the book?

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