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Paolo Aldi
Sep 5, 20211 min read
Il Decreto degli ostaggi
The Commune de Paris. Wednesday, April 5, 1871. The great indignation provoked by the assassinations of Flourens, Duval and many other...
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Paolo Aldi
Sep 4, 20211 min read
The Commune de Paris. Notable events today
The Commune de Paris. Tuesday, April 4, 1871. The Communard offensive, launched yesterday, fails today in Châtillon and about 1,500 men...
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Paolo Aldi
Sep 3, 20211 min read
Sortie of the National Guard against Versailles and demonstration of the women of Paris
The Commune de Paris.Monday, April 3, 1871. Unprepared militarily, the generals of the Commune decide a sortie against Versailles.It is a...
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Paolo Aldi
Sep 2, 20211 min read
Three salient facts of the day
La Commune de Paris. Sunday, April 2, 1871. There are three salient facts today. The Commune decides on the separation of Church and...
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Paolo Aldi
Sep 2, 20211 min read
The "most beautiful army France has ever had"
La Commune de Paris. Saturday, April 1, 1871. Today at Versailles Thiers, chief executive of the National Assembly, announces the...
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Paolo Aldi
Aug 31, 20211 min read
The Commune de Paris. News from the Province
News from the Province.Today the Commune de Narbonne falls.The troops of Versailles restore government order.This is followed by the...
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Paolo Aldi
Aug 31, 20211 min read
Commune de Paris. The problem of Post
The Commune de Paris. Friday, March 31, 1871. Today a poster is posted on the walls of Paris concerning the problem of the reorganization...
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Paolo Aldi
Aug 29, 20211 min read
First measures of the “Commune de Paris”
La Commune de Paris. Wednesday, March 29, 1871. Today the first immediate steps are taken following the first meeting of the municipal...
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Paolo Aldi
Aug 28, 20211 min read
Elections. The Commune party won
La Commune de Paris. Tuesday, March 28, 1871. The Central Committee today ceded power to the elected officials, provided for in the...
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Paolo Aldi
Aug 28, 20211 min read
A big red flag waving on top of the Hôtel-de-Ville
La Commune de Paris. Tuesday, March 28, 1871. The Commune de Paris is proclaimed today. The Central Committee hands over power to the...
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Paolo Aldi
Aug 27, 20211 min read
Cade la Commune de Toulouse
La Commune de Paris. Monday, March 27, 1871. Today in Paris is post-election day: the votes obtained by the candidates are counted and...
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Paolo Aldi
Aug 26, 20211 min read
Oggi si elegge chi guiderà la Commune de Paris
La Commune de Paris. Sunday, March 26, 1871. Today in Paris is a clear day with a warm sun and it is the day of the municipal elections....
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Paolo Aldi
Aug 26, 20212 min read
Proclamation of the Commune de Creusot... and Garibaldi
La Commune de Paris. Domenica, 26 marzo 1871. This small working-class town in Burgundy has a history of labor and union battles that...
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Paolo Aldi
Aug 25, 20211 min read
Encaustic processing
Le Temps des cerises. Here I am working on an encaustic panel dedicated to the Paris Commune. Poplar wood, paper, photographs, pigments,...
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Paolo Aldi
Aug 24, 20211 min read
New Communes are born in France
La Commune de Paris. Friday, March 24, 1871. While Paris prepares for the elections, new Communes are established in Narbonne,...
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Paolo Aldi
Aug 23, 20211 min read
Commune proclaimed in Marseille and Lyon
La Commune de Paris. Thursday, March 23, 1871. While the day is quieter in Paris, Marseille and Lyon rise up and proclaim their...
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Paolo Aldi
Aug 23, 20211 min read
Disturbances and incidents in rue de la Paix
La Commune de Paris. Wednesday, March 22, 1871. Today another demonstration by the "Amis de l'Ordre" (Friends of the Order). A procession...
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Paolo Aldi
Aug 22, 20211 min read
Sunny Flowers exhibition. Last afternoon.
Sunday, August 22. Once again today I look forward to seeing you at St. Martin's Church for the last afternoon of the Sunny Flowers...
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Paolo Aldi
Aug 21, 20211 min read
La Commune de Paris. Tuesday 21 March 1871
La Commune de Paris. Tuesday 21 March 1871 .The "Amis de l'Ordre" took to the streets today and demonstrated - "Friends of the Order",...
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Paolo Aldi
Aug 20, 20211 min read
Tomorrow, Saturday, the Sunny Flowers exhibit will be open from 2 p.m. to 7 p.m.
Tomorrow, Saturday the 21st, the Sunny Flowers exhibit at St. Martin's will be open from 2-7pm. I will be present and available to meet...
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