Item Details:

BASTILLE DAY FAIR, PARIS

GEORGE VAUGHN CURTIS

IMPRESSIONISM

Oil Painting on Canvas, circa 1910

Size: 28.8 x 19.5 in; 73.03 x 49.53 cm

Signed: Recto, Lower right

English-American artist George Vaughn Curtis painted in an impressionist style depicting a French celebration of Bastille Day in Paris, the common name of national day of France, which is celebrated on 14 July each year. In French, it is formally called the Fête nationale française (French: [fɛt nɑsjɔnal fʁɑ̃sɛːz]; 'French National Celebration'); legally it is known as le 14 juillet (French: [lə katɔʁz(ə) ʒɥijɛ]; 'the 14th of July'). French National Day is the anniversary of the Storming of the Bastille on 14 July 1789, a major event of the French Revolution, as well as the Fête de la Fédération that celebrated the unity of the French people on 14 July 1790. Celebrations are held throughout France. One that has been reported as "the oldest and largest military parade in Europe" is held on 14 July on the Champs-Élysées in Paris in front of the President of France, along with other French officials and foreign guests. Painting is signed on the bottom right and is circa late 19th-early 20th Century.