About Claude Cholat
Claude Cholat was a French shopkeeper, painter and draftsperson.
Claude Cholat was a wine merchant living in Paris on the Rue Noyer at the start of the French Revolution in 1789. He created the painting La Prise de la Bastille (Siege of the Bastille) after the storming of the Bastille in 1789. During the storming, he operated a cannon and fought for the National Guard.
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Who was Claude Cholat?
amateur artist who livred during the French Revolution
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Claude Cholat was a shopkeeper, painter and draftsperson.
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Claude Cholat was French.
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