Editing Communards (section)

== Famous Communards ==
[[Victor Henri Rochefort, Marquis de Rochefort-Luçay|Henri Rochefort]] gave a series of lectures that were published in the ''[[New York Herald Tribune]]'' while staying in the United States after his escape from New Caledonia. They were highly critical of the French government for denying its citizens liberty.{{sfn|Bullard|2000|p=134}} His 1884 novel {{lang|fr|L’Évadé: roman canaque}} helped shape the legend of the deportation. It offered a portrayal of the deportation and the policies of the government in New Caledonia that was different from what the governmental [[propaganda]] was promoting.{{sfn|Bullard|2000|p=202}}

[[:fr:Pilotell|George Pilotell]] (1845–1918) was the son of a Judge but pursued art and moved to Paris in 1862. As a prolific political caricaturist he was frequently imprisoned and became an active member of the commune in which he appointed himself 'Directeur des Beaux Arts' but later properly appointed a 'commissaire special'.<ref>{{cite book |title=Organizing Independence, The Artists Federation Of The Paris Commune And Its Legacy, 1871-1889 by Gonzalo J Sanchez |isbn=0803242557 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EvvmZwNbCJMC&q=pilotell&pg=PA42 |author-last1=Sãnchez |author-first1=Gonzalo J. |date=January 1997 |publisher=U of Nebraska Press |access-date=2020-11-05 |archive-date=2023-10-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231028202412/https://books.google.com/books?id=EvvmZwNbCJMC&q=pilotell&pg=PA42#v=snippet&q=pilotell&f=false |url-status=live }}</ref> In 1874 he escaped a death sentence by fleeing to London. While he was well known for his caricatures in France, he gained a reputation in England as a fashion designer, society portrait painter and theatre costume designer. He has work in the [[National Portrait Gallery, London|National Portrait Gallery]], the [[British Museum]]<ref>{{cite web |title=The British Museum, Portraits by George Pilotell |url=https://www.britishmuseum.org/research/search_the_collection_database/search_object_details.aspx?objectid=3196905&partid=1&searchText=georges+pilotell&fromADBC=ad&toADBC=ad&numpages=10&orig=%2fresearch%2fsearch_the_collection_database.aspx&currentPage=1 |access-date=2016-07-22 |archive-date=2012-10-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121022033605/http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/search_the_collection_database/search_object_details.aspx?objectid=3196905&partid=1&searchText=georges+pilotell&fromADBC=ad&toADBC=ad&numpages=10&orig=%2fresearch%2fsearch_the_collection_database.aspx&currentPage=1 |url-status=dead }}</ref> and the [[Victoria and Albert Museum]].

[[Adrien Lejeune]] was famously the last surviving communard when he died at 94 years' old in the [[Soviet Union]] in 1942.<ref name="imho">{{cite web |last1=Black |first1=David |title=Uses and Abuses of the Paris Commune: the Extraordinary Story of Adrien Lejeune, the Last Communard |url=https://imhojournal.org/articles/uses-and-abuses-of-the-paris-commune-the-extraordinary-story-of-adrien-lejeune-the-last-communard/ |website=The International Marxist-Humanist |access-date=19 July 2022 |date=11 March 2021 |archive-date=19 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220719041749/https://imhojournal.org/articles/uses-and-abuses-of-the-paris-commune-the-extraordinary-story-of-adrien-lejeune-the-last-communard/ |url-status=live }}</ref>