Jules Bastien-Lepage
French Realist Painter, 1848-1884
French painter. Bastien-Lepage grew up on a farm. Although his earliest efforts in drawing were encouraged, his parents violently objected when he decided to become a professional artist. To mollify them he worked for a time as a postal clerk in Paris while studying at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts. In 1868 he left the civil service and was accepted into Alexandre Cabanel's atelier. During this apprenticeship, Bastien-Lepage won two prizes in drawing, and in 1870 he made his d?but at the Salon with a Portrait of a Young Man (untraced). In the Franco-Prussian War (1870-71) he joined a regiment of sharpshooters and was severely wounded in the chest. When he recovered he attempted unsuccessfully to find work as an illustrator. Related Paintings of Jules Bastien-Lepage :. | The London Bootblack | The Haymakers | Jeanne d Arc ecoutant les voix | All Souls' Day | Albert Edward Prince of Wales (mk25) | Related Artists: Adolf Hitler1913 by Adolf Hitler Osborne, WilliamIrish, 1823-1901 Niccolo Di ser SozzoItalian Painter, active ca.1350-1363
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