Jules Bastien-Lepage

{"Id":269,"Name":"Jules Bastien-Lepage","Biography":"\u003Cstrong\u003EBASTIEN-LEPAGE, JULES (1848-1884)\u003C/strong\u003E, French painter, was born in the village of Damvillers, Meuse, France, on the 1st of November 1848 and spent his childhood there. He first studied at Verdun, and prompted by a love of art went in 1867 to Paris, where he was admitted to the \u003Ca href=\u0022http://www.bartleby.com/65/ec/Ecoledes.html\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022 class=\u0022link\u0022\u003EEcole des Beaux-Arts\u003C/a\u003E, working under \u003Ca href=\u0022/asp/database/art.asp?aid=5\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022 class=\u0022link\u0022\u003ECabanel\u003C/a\u003E. After exhibiting in the Salons of 1870 and 1872 works which attracted no attention, in 1874 he made his mark with his \u003Cu\u003ESong of Spring\u003C/u\u003E, a study of rural life, representing a peasant girl sitting on a knoll looking down on a village. His \u003Cu\u003EPortrait of my Grandfather\u003C/u\u003E, exhibited in the same year, was not less remarkable for its artless simplicity and received a third-class medal. This success was confirmed in 1875 by the \u003Cu\u003EFirst Communion\u003C/u\u003E, a picture of a little girl minutely worked up as to color, and a \u003Cu\u003EPortrait of M. Hayern\u003C/u\u003E. In 1875 he took the second \u003Ca href=\u0022http://www.bartleby.com/65/pr/PrixdeRo.html\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022 class=\u0022link\u0022\u003EPrix de Rome\u003C/a\u003E with his \u003Cu\u003EAngels appearing to the Shepherds\u003C/u\u003E, exhibited again in 1878. His next endeavour to win the Grand Prix de Rome in 1876 with \u003Cu\u003EPriam at the Feet of Achilles\u003C/u\u003E was again unsuccessful (it is in the Lille gallery), and the painter determined to return to country life. To the Salon of 1877 he sent a full-length \u003Cu\u003EPortrait of Lady L.\u003C/u\u003E and \u003Cu\u003EMy Parents\u003C/u\u003E; and in 1878 a \u003Cu\u003EPortrait of M. Theuriet\u003C/u\u003E and \u003Cu\u003EThe Hayfield\u003C/u\u003E. The last picture, now in the \u003Ca href=\u0022http://www.collectluxembourg.com/museum/\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022 class=\u0022link\u0022\u003ELuxembourg\u003C/a\u003E, is regarded as a typical work from its stamp of realistic truth. Thenceforth Bastien-Lepage was recognized in France as the leader of a school, and his \u003Cu\u003EPortrait of Mine Sarah Bernhardt\u003C/u\u003E (1879), painted in a light key, won him the cross of the \u003Ca href=\u0022http://en2.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%E9gion_d%27honneur\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022 class=\u0022link\u0022\u003ELegion of Honor\u003C/a\u003E. In 1880 he exhibited a small portrait of \u003Cu\u003EM. Andrieux\u003C/u\u003E and \u003Cu\u003EJoan Of Arc listening to the Voices\u003C/u\u003E; and in the same year, at the \u003Ca href=\u0022http://www.bartleby.com/65/ro/RoyalAca.html\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022 class=\u0022link\u0022\u003ERoyal Academy\u003C/a\u003E, the little portrait of the Prince of Wales. In 1881 he painted \u003Cu\u003EThe Beggar\u003C/u\u003E and the \u003Cu\u003EPortrait Of Albert I Wolf\u003C/u\u003E; in 1882 \u003Cu\u003ELe Pre Jacques\u003C/u\u003E; in 1888 \u003Cu\u003ELove in a Village\u003C/u\u003E, in which we find some trace of \u003Ca href=\u0022/asp/database/art.asp?aid=746\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022 class=\u0022link\u0022\u003ECourbet\u0027s\u003C/a\u003E influence. His last dated work is \u003Cu\u003EThe Forge\u003C/u\u003E (1884). The artist, long ailing, had tried in vain to re-establish his health in Algiers. He died in Paris on the 10th of December 1884, when planning a new series of rural subjects. Among his more important works, may also be mentioned the portrait of Mme J. Drouet (1883); \u003Cu\u003EGambetta on his death-bed\u003C/u\u003E, and some landscapes; \u003Cu\u003EThe Vintage\u003C/u\u003E (1880), and \u003Cu\u003EThe Thames\u003C/u\u003E at London (1882). \u003Cu\u003EThe Little Chimney-Sweep\u003C/u\u003E was never finished. An exhibition of his collected works was opened in March and April 1885.\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cbr\u003ESee A. Theuriet, \u003Cu\u003EBastien-Lepage\u003C/u\u003E (1885 English edition, 1892); L. de Fofircaud, \u003Cu\u003EBastien-Lepage\u003C/u\u003E (1885). (H. Fa.)\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cu\u003ESource:\u003C/u\u003E\u003C/strong\u003E Entry on the artist in the \u003Ca href=\u0022http://88.1911encyclopedia.org/B/BA/BASTIEN_LEPAGE_JULES.htm\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003E1911 Edition Encyclopedia\u003C/a\u003E.\u003Cp\u003E","Awards":null,"HasAlbums":false,"HasPortraits":true,"HasRelationships":true,"HasArticles":false,"HasDepictedPlaces":false,"HasLetters":true,"HasLibraryItems":true,"HasProducts":false,"HasSignatures":false,"HasVideos":false,"HasMapLocations":true,"TotalArtworks":56}