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Construction of the new palaces--Champs Elyssees(?) / A. Castaigne. – Vintage Wall Art

Construction of the new palaces--Champs Elyssees(?) / A. Castaigne., 1 painting : oil. — historic print
Construction of the new palaces--Champs Elyssees(?) / A. Castaigne., 1 painting : oil.. Historic print from the Historic Print Archive collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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Work on the new exhibition halls for the Exposition Universelle of 1900 transformed the Champs-Élysées area of Paris in the late 1890s, and A. Castaigne's oil painting, published in 1898, appears to record that effort. The title marks the location with a question mark, but the scaffolding and construction scene fit the district where the Grand Palais and Petit Palais were rising for the fair. Illustrated periodicals of the time often commissioned painters to document large public projects, and this scene shows the scale of building France undertook to display its industry and design to the world.

Created / published1 painting : oil.
GenreCentury
Notes[published 1898]
SubjectsExposition universelle internationale de 1900--(Paris, France)--Buildings. Construction--France--Paris--1890-1900.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,047 × 1,536 px · prints to 3 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-164944

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