Young Communards in Prison (Les Fédérés à la Conciergerie), 1871, Black chalk (rubbed) on wove paper, Overall: 10 3/16 x 6 1/2 in. (25.9 x 16.6 cm), Drawings, Gustave Courbet (French, Ornans 1819–1877 La Tour-de-Peilz), The intensity of Courbet's political views landed him in prison in 1871. As a leading dissident of the liberal Paris Commune, he was held responsible for the destruction of the Vendôme Column and was locked up in the stables of Versailles
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Young Communards, Prison, Les Fédéré à la Conciergerie, 1871, Black chalk, rubbed, wove paper, Overall, 10 3/16 x 6 1/2, 25.9 16.6 cm, Drawings, Gustave Courbet, French, Ornans, 1819–1877, La Tour-de-Peilz, intensity, Courbet, political views, landed, prison, leading dissident, liberal Paris, Commune, held responsible, destruction, Vendôme Column, locked up, stables, Versailles
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