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Jules Ferry © AFP

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Jules Ferry (1832 – 1893)

Born in Saint-Dié, Jules Ferry, lawyer and politician, great figure of the Republic, was also heavily criticised in his day. Appointed Mayor of Paris ... after the fall of Napoleon III, he became unpopular due to the food restrictions he imposed on the people of Paris, who were under siege from the Prussian Army, and he ended up fleeing the capital.
Nicolas Poussin © RMN-Grand Palais (Musée du Louvre) / Jean-Gilles Berizzi

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Nicolas Poussin (1594-1665)

The work of Nicolas Poussin marked the birth of classicism in 17th century French painting. It was in the country, the synthesis of nature and ... history, that he reached the peak of his art.
Jacques Louis David © RMN-Grand Palais (Château de Versailles)

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David (1748-1825)

A French painter and leader of Neo-Classicism in France, Jacques Louis David was the great proponent of a return to ancient art. Already famous under ... the Ancien Regime, during the Revolution he became the Raphaël of the sans-culottes", as his paintings became decidedly political.
Napoléon 1er. © RMN-Grand Palais

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Napoléon 1er (1769 – 1821)

First Consul and subsequently Emperor of the French, Napoleon Bonaparte was a leading figure in Western history. He left behind a number of ... long-lasting institutions: the Napoleonic Code, the State Council, the prefectural system, the judicial system, financial administration, the centralised University of France and military academies.
Napoleon III. © RMN-Grand Palais

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Napoleon III (1808 – 1871)

After the death of the Duke of Reichstadt, son and heir of Napoleon I, in 1832, his nephew Louis Napoleon Bonaparte, an artillery officer, attempted ... to topple the July Monarchy in Strasbourg (1830) and then Boulogne (1840). Imprisoned in perpetuity in Ham fortress, he escaped (1846).
Charles X. © RMN-Grand Palais

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Charles X (1757 - 1836)

Charles Philippe, the Count of Artois and young brother of Louis XVI and Louis XVIII, who became an émigré on the 17th of July 1789, sought to play ... a leading role in the Counter-Revolution, at the risk of sometimes clashing with the sensitivities of his older brother, the Count of Provence. In 1814, after the abdication of Napoléon, he entered Paris.
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