The Frenchiest Art to Instagram for Bastille Day
Bastille Day has been around to commemorate the French revolution every year since 1789, but it’s only recently that you can celebrate July 14 on Instagram—or, in other words, in true French effortless style. Gramming art rather than, say, a croissant, is obviously the more intellectual, shall we say French, choice, and while there are classics like Eugène Delacroix’s Lady Liberty, outside of the Louvre—and beyond Banksy‘s graffiti of the Mona Lisa—there’s beaucoup Frenchie-favoring art, too. Robert Delaunay’s canvases have long plumbed the French artist’s fascination with the Eiffel Tower, which also made its way into the photos of Richard Avedon, whose portraits of the supermodel Dovima also portray Paris at its most chic. More recently, there’s also the food fetish works of Chloe Wise, the carb-loving artist who makes literal baguette bags, which also shout out French brands like Chanel and Louis Vuitton. Take your pick of the lot, preferably with a glass of beaujolais in hand, here.
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Wayne Thiebaud, detail of French Fries, 2003-2008.
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Claude Monet, La Rue Montorgueil, 1878.
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Richard Avedon, Dovima with Sacha, 1955.
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Banksy, Mona Lisa Rocketlauncher, 2007-2008.
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Antoine Vollon, Still Life with Cheese, late 1870s.
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Fernand Léger, The Great Parade, 1954.
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Chloe Wise, Louis Vuitton Baguette, 2013.
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Eugène Delacroix, Liberty Leading the People, 1830.
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Robert Delaunay, La Tour simultanée, 1910-1911.
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Jean Michel Berts, Tour Eiffel Rotonde, 2012.
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Egan Frantz, Baguette Sculpture, 2012.
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Childe Hassam, The New York Bouquet, West Forty-Second Street, 1917.
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Juan Gris, Still Life with Checked Tablecloth, 1915.
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Banksy, Les Misérables, 2016.