Join European Paintings curator Alison Hokanson as she dives into this monumental "Joan of Arc" painting. On this day, French artist Jules Bastien-Lepage was born. Though he lived only 36 years, he made a large impact on the French art world of the second half of the 19th century. Like Joan of Arc, he was a product of a poor family from the rural province of Lorraine in the northeast of France. The subject of Joan of Arc had been popular throughout the 19th century, but the Franco-Prussian War o

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Two women share a kiss in French filmmaker Alice Guy Blaché’s 1900 silent short PIERRETTE'S ESCAPADES (Les Fredaines de Pierrette). Blaché was one of cinema’s first female directors. In the film Pierrette (Julia Petit) dances and avoids Pierrot’s advances. When Pierrot leaves, Pierrette then dances with a female Arlequin (Melle de Fretières) and the two women embrace and kiss at the end. PIERRETTE'S ESCAPADES (Le départ d'Arlequin et de Pierrette) 1900. France. Director: Alice Guy Blaché Starrin

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