I. Life and work.
1. Training and early works, to c 1849.
2. The Realist debate: peasant and modern 'history' pictures, 1849-55.
3. Leisure and private life as subject-matter: landscapes, hunting scenes, still-lifes and portraits, late 1850s and the 1860s.
4. Renewed political awareness in the 1860s.
5. The Commune, exile in Switzerland and collaboration: late works, 1871-7.
II. Working methods and technique.
1. Painting.
2. Drawing.
III. Writings.
1. The Realist debate.
2. Political views.
3. Character and personality.
IV. Critical reception and posthumous reputation.
Writings
Bibliography
Early sources
General
Monographs and symposia
Catalogues
Specialist studies
Studies of particular works
Other
