French beaches (19th century)

The French beaches, including Normandy, although poorly frequented by bathers on tour, were recorded by painters of the time.

As praias francesas, nomeadamente as da Normandia, embora fracamente frequentadas por banhistas em vilegiatura, foram registadas por pintores da época.

Édouard Jean Marie Hostein (1804-1889)-'XIX painting of Dieppe (Normandy)'

Eugène Modeste Edmond Le Poittevin (1806-1870)-'fishermen hauling a boat ashore Port-en-Bassin (Normandy)'

Paul Huet (1803-1869)-'view of cliffs (Houlgatte-Les vaches noires)'

Jules-George Bahieu (ca 1860-ca 1895)-'fishermen at Sainte-Adresse, near of Havre'-1876

Eugène Boudin (1824-1893)-'the beach at Villerville'-oil on canvas-1864    Washington-National Gallery of Art

French water sceneries by Joseph Garibaldi

At the end of his trips to Italy and Tunisia, the Marseilles Joseph Garibaldi (1863-1941) settled in Provence where he painted river and sea zones.

O Marselhês Joseph Garibaldi (1863-1941) no final de viagens pela Itália e Tunísia fixou-se na Provença onde pintou zonas fluviais e marítimas.

Joseph Garibaldi (1863-1941)-'entrance of the port of Marseille'-oil on canvas

Joseph Garibaldi (1863-1941)-'view of the Cathedrla of the Auxerre'-oil on canvas

Joseph Garibaldi (1863-1941)-'tall ship in Cassis'-oil on canvas

Joseph Garibaldi (1863-1941)-'the port of Marseille'-oil on canvas    Private collection

Joseph Garibaldi (1863-1941)-'the port of La Jolie (Marseille) from the Pharo'-oil on canvas-1898

French palaces by Adam Pérelle

The French Adam Perelle (1604-1677) and two of his relatives illustrated the finest palaces in France. [Gabriel et Nicolas Adam Perelle; Vues des belles maisons de France, Paris (168xc0)]

O Francês Adam Pérelle (1604-1677) e mais dois dos seus familiares ilustraram os mais belos palácios de França.

Adam Pérelle (1604-1677)-'the cascades at Sceaux'-etching

Adam Pérelle (1604-1677)-'the Grotto and the Neptune fountain, Vaux-le-Vicomte'-etching

Adam Pérelle (1604-1677)-'château de Choisy'-etching

Adam Pérelle (1604-1677)-'view of the garden of the Palais des Tuileries, Paris'-etching

Adam Pérelle (1604-1677)-'general view of Chantilly'-etching

French Revolution (1793)

The Jacobin Republic, supported by the sans-culottes and the Paris Commune took power in a violent way. After having guillotine Louis XVI, they went to war with the First coalition formed by Austria, Prussia, Holland, Spain, and England. With the fall of the Girondins at the end of May, the “Reign of Terror” began. Charlotte Corday murdered Jean-Paul Marat.

A República Jacobina, apoiada pelos sans-culottes e pela Comuna de Paris, assumiu o poder de forma violenta. Depois de guilhotinarem Luís XVI entraram em guerra com a Primeira coligação constituída pela Áustria, Prússia, Holanda, Espanha, Inglaterra. Com a queda dos Girondinos no final de Maio iniciou-se o 'Reino do Terror'. Charlotte Corday assassinou Jean-Paul Marat.

Charles Benazech (1767-1794)-'Louis XVI bidding to his family at the Temple, January 20, 1793'-oil on canvas   Versailles-Musée du Château et des Trianons

Charles Benazech (1767-1794)-'Louis XVI at the foot of the guillotine with l'Abbé Edgemont de Firmont, January 21, 1793'-oil on canvas   Versailles-Musée du Château et des Trianons

Anonymous French painter (18th century)-'the execution of Louis XVI'   Paris-Musée Carnavalet

Anonymous French painter (18th century)-'a meeting of the Jacobin Club in January 1793'    Paris-BNF (collection des Estampes)

Jean-Jacques Hauer (1751-1829)-'the Dauphin taken away from his family July 3, 1793' Paris-Musée Carnavalet

Edvard Munch (1863-1944)-'the death of Marat, july 13, 1793'-oil on canvas-1907   Oslo-Munch Mvseet

French history by Jacques de Breville (1853-1931)

The French illustrator Jacques-Marie-Gaston Onfray Breville (1853-1931) left many documents on the history of his country, some of them showing a satirical perspective.

O ilustrador francês Jacques-Marie-Gaston Onfray de Breville (1853-1931) deixou inúmeros documentos sobre a história do seu país, alguns mais ou menos satíricos.

Jacques-Marie-Gaston Onfray de Breville (1853-1931)-'a gaulish family cooking a bear'-oil on canvas

Jacques-Marie-Gaston Onfray de Breville (1853-1931)-'king Dagobert I (ca 603-639) putting his trouser on the wrong way round'-oil on canvas

Jacques-Marie-Gaston Onfray de Breville (1853-1931)-'assassination of Henri IV by François Ravaillac in the rue de la Ferronerie on 14th May 1610'-oil on canvas   Paris-École Nationale Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs (bibliothèque)

Jacques-Marie-Gaston Onfray de Breville (1853-1931)-'Louis XIV in the courtyard of Versailles ultering his celebrated phrase J'ai failli attendre'-oil on canvas

Jacques-Marie-Gaston Onfray de Breville (1853-1931)-'Marshal Ferdinand Foch (1851-1929) the Liberator-oil on canvas

French Miniatures (Iluminuras)

This type of painting was used extensively as decoration of manuscripts from convents, chronicles and others.


Este tipo de pintura utilizou-se largamente como elemento decorativo de manuscritos de conventos, de crónicas e outros.

Unknown (ca 1490)-'Diogenes and Crates of Thebes'-miniature pergament Chantilly-Musée Condé (Ms 297 Jacques Legrand in Livre des bonnes moeurs-book of good manners)

Unknown (ca 1490)-'how the knights must govern'-miniature Chantilly-Musée Condé (Ms 297, folio 93v Jacques Legrand in Livre des bonnes moeurs)

Unknown (15th century)-'Cybele, Numa Pompilio, Egeria'-miniature Saint Augustine in Opera Omnia

Jean Fouquet (1420-1481)-'capture of Jerusalem by Herod the Great in 36 BC'-miniature Paris-Bibliothèque National de France (Flavius Josèphe in Les Antiquités Judaïques livre XV- Ms. NAF 21013, folio 1v)

Unknown (1110-1120)-'knight attacking a dragon'-miniature Dijon-Bibliothèque Municipale Ms 173, fol.20 (St Gregory the Great in Moralia sive exposito in Job)

French ruins (Ruínas Francesas)

The human condition shows great difficulties in dealing with the past, especially in troubled periods such as wars, revolutions, conquests, whether they are of a civil or religious nature. These occurred during the French Revolution or at the end of the Second Empire.


A condição humana mostra grandes dificuldades em conviver com o passado, principalmente em períodos agitados como guerras, revoluções, conquistas, sejam de carácter civil ou religioso. Estas ocorreram no decurso da Revolução Francesa ou no final do II Império.

Pierre-Antoine Demachy (1723-1807)-'demolition of the Couvent des Cordeliers'-oil on canvas

Pierre-Antoine Demachy (1723-1807)-'demolition of the church of Saint-Barthélemy in Paris (1891)'-oil on canvas Paris-Musée Carnavalet

Pierre-Antoine Demachy (1723-1807)-'demolition of the Bastille'-oil on canvas Paris-Musée Carnavalet

Mme (née Destours) Duchateau-'demolition of the old church of Sainte Geneviève in Paris'-oil on canvas

Isidore-Alexandre-Augustin Pils (1813-1875)-'soldiers in the ruins of the Tuileries 7th July 1871'-oil on canvas Paris-Musée Carnavalet