Napoleon and Josephine Bonaparte-lovers and looters of art

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17th July 2025

Napoleon used art for his political ends, promoting his image in paintings, proclaiming his power. A small man with big ideas and an ego to match,Napoleon was an early PR believer.Little known is the fact that when conquering countries he made a condition of surrender, that he could select art treasures- which now form the Louvre Museum collection. While Josephine became a style icon, with her Empire line dresses and fascination with sculpture,paintings and all things artistic. Her collection is in the Chateau de Malmaison, where there are the famous rose gardens too.

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About Vivien Morgan

Vivien Morgan is a former BBC and Channel 4News TV News Journalist and Documentary Producer/Director, who picked up a camera to become a TV Videojournalist pioneer in 1989 as the Berlin Wall fell. Travelling undercover she reported from the closed Communist countries and other countries like Tibet and Myanmar. As a Senior University Lecturer, she wrote 2 academic books on videojournalism and mobile journalism. Her media career led to a range of roles globally working for the UN, African Union, Thomson Foundation and the EU. UK government roles as Director of Communications followed and 2 years for the Arab Reform Initiative (in Paris) as Head of Media. At present she is giving talks UK-wide and also in the US via Zoom on her latest book about historic cross-dressing women soldiers. She combines this with acting as a PR Consultant for small charities; a strategic media role for a medicinal CBD company and raising profile for a West Sussex community art gallery. She lives between London and West Sussex


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