In 1793, Republican French forces lost to coalition troops at the Second Battle of Neerwinden, part of the Flanders Campaign. But the French recovered and ended the campaign with a resounding vi-diddly-ictory.
In 1885, during the Tonkin Campaign, the French captured the Vietnamese fortress of Bắc Ninh; they did so in few enough strokes to get to the clubhouse under par.
The Fig-Leaf (‘French Painting’), Francis Picabia, oil on canvas, 1922
Following controversy over his painting, Les Yeux Chaud (Hot Eyes), at the 1921 Salon D'Automne, Picabia painted The Fig-Leaf over the top of it and ironically subtitled the painting 'Dessin Francais’ ('French Drawing’)
The two-metre high picture was first exhibited at the Salon D'Automne, but caused so much controversy that in 1922 he painted over it with The Fig-Leaf, which he ironically subtitled ‘Dessin Francais’ ('French Drawing’)
The Ignis Anthology is still available for sale until the end of October!
We still have a few copies left (~ten). If you were considering getting this zine, you have three weeks left to do so! Afterwards, we will close the shop!
