I noticed that my art somehow... Got deleted from tumblr? Seems like the the post disappered without a trace so here's the old Robespierre I once drew ;)
the idea that suffering (usually in silence) is a virtue has wreaked havoc on our culture, and capitalism has been all too happy to co-opt it. fuck the protestant work ethic, being in pain does not make me a better person, fuck you
Suffering breeds. It won't make you good. It will simply render you its unwitting vehicle throughout the generations.
Pain is injustice. Rebel against it. It is never yours alone.
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The French Revolution Calendar Project!
Hello again, Frev community! A few days ago I entertained the idea of doing a calendar featuring Frev figures representing the months of the Republican Calendar. I have now decided to work on this project in earnest and dedicate it in memory of Dave (@marat), with all proceeds going to the Trevor Project. This is the list I’ve decided on -
Vendemiaire: Louis XVI & Marie-Antoinette getting arrested
Brumaire: Napoleon emerging menacingly out of fog
Frimaire: Lafayette being cringe
Nivose: Claire Lacombe & Pauline Leon repping working class women
Pluviose: Marat furiously writing in his bathtub during a thunderstorm
Ventose: Jacques-Louis David painting propaganda
Germinal: Camille on a café table inciting the storming of the bastille
Floreal: FABRE because D'EGLANTINE
Prairial: Danton acting like a shepherd (of the people)
Messidor: Saint-Just with a wheat crown and wheat wings
Thermidor: Robespierre sitting under an orange tree with Brount
Fructidor: Couthon
You might’ve noticed that the assignments are slightly different than the list I originally posted. This is because I thought it’d be neat to have each trio grouped by theme. So like the autumn months are royalty/aristocracy, winter months are revolutionary “communicators,” spring months are the Cordeliers, and summer months are the hardcore Jacobins.
The italicized months are ones I already have artists for and the non-italicized ones still need an artist assigned. Please let me know if you’d be interested in participating in this project! I’d love to have more folks from the Frev community here on board. You’d have to know how to draw stuff for print though, and ideally you have a painterly style. I have a budget of $500 max for each piece, with dimensions of 4x6in so they can double as prints.
If you want to contribute small miscellaneous art like chibis or something though, I can probably also fit them in the calendar! There’ll be a lot of white space to work with.
This is a nice project! (Are suggestions welcome or is everything set in stone?)
Suggestions definitely welcome!
Right now what I’m envisioning is the main art piece beside a bio of the historical figure(s) and how they impacted the revolution (hence why i’m commissioning the pieces in vertical), then in the grid of dates below I will include their corresponding Gregorian calendar dates and mark out significant events in the revolution.
Who will write the bios?
Some of my suggestions, I admit, are more personal (do we really need the royals and Lafayette? And where is Hérault? Philippe Le Bas? Augustin Robesspiere? - All of them are, imo, more deserving of a spot than some others that are featured, though I understand that the point is to talk about negative stuff they did and the impact on the Revolution (?), so I get why they + Naps are featured). But my biggest issue - and I understand this might be personal, too - is to link Robespierre with Thermidor. Like, I understand the significance, but it feels like he’s been defined by his death. Many people in the frev community find Thermidor difficult, and do not associate it with Robespierre.
Grouping it under themes is cool tho, and I understand it might break the concept.
So my biggest suggestion is to consult historians here about the bios and other stuff.
I’ll be drafting the bios (unless there are other volunteers?) and will for sure put them up for the community to check over to make sure they’re up to date with current histography!
And yeah the royals and Lafayette are there because this is meant to be an educational calendar that’s accessible to those who’ve never looked into Frev much, and it’s hard to introduce Frev without talking about what Louis XVI did to cause it. The other option for Vendemiaire is Bailly leading the Tennis Court Oath, but people don’t seem to like him much either. Their art pieces definitely won’t be glorified though. Like my vision for Lafayette’s right now is him looking very conflicted down at his hands, which are covered in frost, while the French flag has its red part dripping like blood behind him. With how well-known he is now due to Hamilton, I think it could be useful to debunk the idealized notion that he was a “Hero of Two Worlds.”
As for Robespierre representing Thermidor, I admittedly was originally planning to have him surrounded by flames, but that idea got veto’d HARD by the Frev discord 😂 So his art piece will be happy and sunny and full of doves and oranges as a nod to how he really wasn’t as bad as the Thermidorians made him seem. His bio will talk about their role in this smear campaign, and since the Thermidorians will be mentioned so much…well, there’s no better spot to put him than Thermidor.
I do want to include those like Bonbon, Le Bas, and even the Duplays in some way, and I think this is where the smaller pieces of art can come in. There can be a cute drawing of Bonbon on Napoleon or Max’s page? Le Bas on Saint-Just’s? I welcome contributions!!
i have a question!!!! how does one contribute with miscellaneous art? are there any rules for that and do we need to submit it somewhere? I’d love to help!
Maybe Lakanal and Romme to represent education and food (the equality bread that ended up being adopted) + the republican calendar?