# A Street in Paris in May 1871

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## Artwork

- Artist: [LUCE, Maximilien](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/luce-maximilien-r1cca035705fa3c>)
- Date: 1851-1900
- Technique: Oil on canvas, 151 x 225 cm

## Commentary

This painting depicts a scene from the time of the Paris Commune. The painter&#39;s Neo-Impressionist style of painting, generally more evocative of a beach or other place of pleasure, here reveals the stark reality of civil war.

## Related artworks

- [La Sainte-Chapelle, Paris](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/luce-maximilien-r1cca035705fa3c/la-sainte-chapelle-paris-r0157e74f84ecf8>)
- [Notre-Dame](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/luce-maximilien-r1cca035705fa3c/notre-dame-r7c15d99982fbdc>)
- [Notre-Dame](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/luce-maximilien-r1cca035705fa3c/notre-dame-ra7b410d50f8868>)
- [Paris Seen from Montmartre](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/luce-maximilien-r1cca035705fa3c/paris-seen-from-montmartre-rc200f57ae53b60>)
- [The Port of Rotterdam](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/luce-maximilien-r1cca035705fa3c/the-port-of-rotterdam-r104ab3281b7910>)

## Attribution

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