Mourning, Painting, and the Commune: Maximilien Luce's A Paris Street in 1871.

The article discusses the representation of the Paris Commune in the painting "A Paris Street in 1871," by artist Maximilien Luce. It states that the Commune had become distant by the time the painting was completed in 1905. It mentions that Luce's painting was not modernistic. It argues that Luce was aware that his painting was retrospective, and he must not have three things in his mind while creating the painting including to raise the vision of the Commune, the relationship of Neo-Impressionism to radical politics, and the fading of politically engaged painting. It is opined that Luce could not craft an effective image of the Paris Commune from the materials of art history.