The Storming of the Bastille, a Turning Point of the French Revolution

July 14, 2020 / 0 Comments

The French National Day is the anniversary of Storming of the Bastille on 14 July 1789, a turning point of the French Revolution. The medieval armory, fortress, and political prison known as the Bastille represented royal authority in the centre of Paris. The prison contained only seven inmates at the time of its storming but was seen by the revolutionaries as a symbol of the monarchy’s abuse of power; its fall was the flashpoint of the French Revolution.

Claude Monet, *The Rue Montorgueil in Paris. Celebration of 30 June 1878*, 1878,
Musée d’Orsay, Paris, France.

The Fourteenth of July Celebration in Paris
Vincent van Gogh

Claude Monet, *The Fourteenth of July (Bastille Day)*

Eugene Delacroix – Liberty Leading the People (1830) Musée du Louvre

Alfred-Philippe Roll, *Bastille Day, 1880 inauguration monument republic*, 1882, Petit Palais, Paris, France.

**Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec,** *At the Bastille, Jeanne Wenz*, **1887,**
National Gallery of Art, Washington DC, USA.

Childe Hassam, *Bastille Day, Boulevard Rochechouart*, Paris, 1889, private collection. Christies.

**Pablo Picasso**, *The Fourteenth of July* *( Le quatorze juillet )*, 1901

The Fourteenth of July by Pierre Bonnard, 1918

Gérard Fromanger, *Bastille Flux*, 2007. Source: Wikiart.

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