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Albert Bettannier: Français : La Tache noire ou La leçon de géographie. (

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Artist

Albert Bettannier (1851–1932)
Description	French painter
Date of birth/death	12 August 1851	17 November 1932
Location of birth/death	Metz	10th arrondissement of Paris
Work period	1850 –1900
Authority file	: Q2830957 VIAF: 124241640 ISNI: 000000000254060X ULAN: 500169666 SUDOC: 160445590 BNF: 149696815

Title

Français : La Tache noire ou La leçon de géographie.

Object type

painting

Description

Nederlands: Schilderij met Elzas-Lotharingen als "zwarte plek". In de klas staan een militaire trommel en een rek met wapens.

Français : Albert Bettannier, La tache noire, 1887. En plus de l'instruction morale et civique (qui remplace les cours d'éducation morale et religieuse), la loi de 1882 en France met en place « pour les garçons des exercices militaires » (et « pour les filles, les travaux à l'aiguille »). Sur le tableau, on remarque l'Alsace-Moselle en noir, l'uniforme de l'élève, celui du bataillon scolaire de son école, la croix du Mérite scolaire de l'élève-modèle, le tambour à côté du bureau du maître, ainsi que les fusils d'instruction au râtelier, rappelant là aussi le type d'instruction militaire infantile en vigueur dans l'éducation nationale à partir de la loi précédemment mentionnée.

English: Pointing towards the lost French lands of Alsace-Lorraine in French classroom. In addition to moral and civic instruction, which had replaced moral and religious education courses, the law of 1882 in France established 'military exercises for boys' and 'needlework for girls'. On the painting, Alsace-Moselle is depicted in black. The pupil's uniform (that of the school battalion), the school merit cross displayed on the breast of the model student, the drum next to the teacher's desk, the racked training rifles, symbolise the national military training in force for boys in France at the time.

Español: "La mancha negra" (1887) del artista francés Albert Bettannier. Esta pintura muestra a un profesor señalando una mancha negra en el mapa de Francia, donde el país perdió las provincias de Alsacia-Lorena después de la guerra franco-prusiana. Esta pérdida territorial condujo al revanchismo, un pensamiento patriótico retribucionista y una demanda de venganza contra Alemania.

Русский: Альбер Беттанье, «Чёрное пятно на карте» или «Урок географии» (1887 год). Учитель указывает на карте Франции закрашенные чёрным цветом территории, утерянные по итогам Франко-прусской войны

Українська: «Чорна пляма» або «Урок географії» — картина Альберта Беттаньєра, створена в 1887 році і зберігається в Німецькому історичному музеї. На ній зображено чорну пляму на карті Франції, яка з’явилася після того, як Німеччина завоювала Ельзас-Лотарингію після Франко-прусської війни 1871 року. На картині учитель повідомляє про це своїм учням. Ця втрата призведе до зростання глибокої ненависті та вимоги помсти проти Німеччини, що уособлює реваншизм.

Date

created 1887

digitized 18 January 2012, 14:03:47

Medium

oil on canvas

Collection

Deutsches Historisches Museum

	Native name	Deutsches Historisches Museum
	Location	Berlin, Germany
	Coordinates	52° 31′ 05″ N, 13° 23′ 49″ E
	Established	1987
	Website	www.dhm.de
	Authority file	: Q688335 VIAF: 124463260 ISNI: 0000000107941012 ULAN: 500244651 LCCN: n90000265 NLA: 49284256 WorldCat

References

François Robichon, « L'annexion de l'Alsace et de la Lorraine - Histoire analysée en images et œuvres d’art », L'histoire par l'image, septembre 2008, lire en ligne.

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English: "The Black Spot" (1887) by French artist Albert Bettannier. This painting shows a teacher pointing to a black spot on the map of France, where it lost the provinces of Alsace–Lorraine after the Franco-Prussian War. This loss will lead to the rise of a deep hatred and demand for revenge against Germany, called revanchism.

Other languages:

Čeština: Obraz "La Tache noire (Černá skvrna)" z roku 1887 francouzského malíře Alberta Bettanniera. Učitel ukazuje dětem černou skvrnu na mapě Francie v místech, kde ztratila provincii Alsasko-Lotrinsko po prohrané Prusko-francouzské válce. Tato ztráta vedla k nárůstu hluboké nenávisti a požadavku na odvetu vůči Německu, nazývané revanšismus.

Deutsch: Albert Bettannier: Le Tache Noire („Der schwarze Fleck“) von 1887. Der Lehrer zeigt in der Geographiestunde auf die Karte von Frankreich. Das nach dem Krieg 1870/71 zwangsweise an Deutschland abgetretene Elsaß-Lothringen ist auf ihr nur ein schwarzer Fleck. Der Verlust führt in Frankreich zum Revanchismus, also dem Bestreben die verlorenen Gebiete bis zum Rhein wiederzuerlangen. Die Schüler erhalten darum ab 1882 militärischen Unterricht, erkennbar an der Uniform, dem Orden des Musterschülers, der Trommel beim Pult und den Übungsgewehren im Hintergrund.

English: "The Black Spot" (1887) by French artist Albert Bettannier. This painting shows a teacher pointing to a black spot on the map of France, where it lost the provinces of Alsace–Lorraine after the Franco-Prussian War. This loss will lead to the rise of a deep hatred and demand for revenge against Germany, called revanchism.

Español: "La mancha negra" (1887) del artista francés Albert Bettannier. Esta pintura muestra a un profesor señalando una mancha negra en el mapa de Francia, donde el país perdió las provincias de Alsacia-Lorena después de la guerra franco-prusiana. Esta pérdida territorial condujo al revanchismo, un pensamiento patriótico retribucionista y una demanda de venganza contra Alemania.

Français : La Tache noire (1887) par l'artiste Albert Bettannier. Ce tableau dépeint un professeur montrant une tache noire sur la carte de France, où le territoire d'Alsace-Lorraine a été perdu après la guerre franco-prussienne. Cette perte conduira à la montrée d'un sentiment de haine et de revanche envers l'Allemagne, appelé le Revanchisme.

Italiano: La macchia nera (1887) dell'artista Albert Bettannier. Il quadro raffigura un professore che indica alla classe una macchia nera sulla cartina della Francia, corrispondente al territorio dell'Alsazia-Lorena perso durante la guerra franco-prussiana. Questa cocente sconfitta farà crescere nell'opinione pubblica francese un sentimento di odio e vendetta verso la Germania, detto revanscismo.

Magyar: „A fekete folt” (1887) Albert Bettannier francia festőművész alkotása. A festményen egy tanár egy fekete foltra mutat Franciaország térképén, ahol az ország a porosz–francia háború után elvesztette Elzász–Lotaringia tartományt. Ez a területi veszteség revansizmushoz, megtorló hazafias gondolkodáshoz és a Németországgal szembeni bosszúvágyhoz vezetett

Nederlands: De zwarte vlek, schilderij uit 1887 door de Franse artiest Albert Bettannier.
Het schilderij toont een leraar die een zwarte vlek op de kaart aanwijst: Elzas-Lotharingen, dat na de Frans-Duitse Oorlog door Duitsland was opgeëist. Deze annexatie legde de bodem voor het Franse revanchisme.

Português: “A mancha negra” (1887) do artista francês Albert Bettannier. Essa pintura mostra um professor apontando para uma mancha negra no mapa de França, onde o país perdeu as províncias da Alsácia-Lorena após a Guerra Franco-Prussiana. Essa perda levará ao surgimento de um ódio profundo e à demanda por vingança contra a Alemanha, chamado revanchismo.

Slovenščina: »Črna lisa« (1887) francoskega umetnika Alberta Bettanniera (en). Slika prikazuje učitelja, ki kaže na črno liso na zemljevidu Francije, kjer je ta po francosko-pruski vojni izgubila pokrajini Alzacijo in Loreno. Ta izguba je povzročila globoko sovraštvo do Nemčije in zahtevo po maščevanju zoper njo, imenovano revanšizem (en).

Македонски: „Црната дамка“ (1887) од Албер Бетанје. Дамката што ја посочува учителот е областа Елзас-Лотарингија, изгубена во Француско-пруската војна.

Русский: Альбер Беттанье, «Чёрное пятно на карте» или «Урок географии» (1887 год). Учитель указывает на карте Франции закрашенные чёрным цветом территории, утерянные по итогам Франко-прусской войны.

Українська: «Чорна пляма» або «Урок географії» — картина Альберта Беттаньєра, створена в 1887 році і зберігається в Німецькому історичному музеї. На ній зображено чорну пляму на карті Франції, яка з’явилася після того, як Німеччина завоювала Ельзас-Лотарингію після Франко-прусської війни 1871 року. На картині учитель повідомляє про це своїм учням. Ця втрата призведе до зростання глибокої ненависті та вимоги помсти проти Німеччини, що уособлює реваншизм.

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