Execution of Communards at the Lobau Barracks

Why it's great

Soldiers shoot captured members of the Paris Commune at the Lobau Barracks in May 1871, during the 'Bloody Week' that ended the Commune. Frédéric Théodore Lix drew it in 1871 for a French newspaper.

🏛️ Part of history

The Franco-Prussian War & the Paris Commune (1870–1871) — Soldiers shoot captured members of the Paris Commune at the Lobau Barracks in May 1871, during the 'Bloody Week' that ended the Commune.

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About the artist

Frédéric Théodore Lix

1830–1897 · born in Strasbourg · died in Paris

Frédéric Théodore Lix was a French illustrator born in Strasbourg in 1830. He drew news pictures for magazines, such as L'Illustration, and recorded the war of 1870 and the Paris Commune. He lived in Paris and died there in 1897.