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Jules Adolphe Aime Louis Breton (May 1, 1827 - July 5, 1906) was a 19th-century French Realist painter. His paintings are heavily influenced by the French countryside and his absorption of traditional methods of painting helped make Jules Breton one of the primary transmitters of the beauty and idyllic vision of rural existence.
Early life and training
Jules Breton was born on May 1, 1827 in Courrières, a small Pas-de-Calais village. His father, Marie-Louis Breton, supervised land for a wealthy landowner. His mother died when Jules was 4 and he was brought up by his father. Other family members who lived in the same house were his maternal grandmother and his uncle Boniface Breton. A respect for tradition, a love of the land and for his native region remained central to his art throughout his life and provided the artist with many scenes for his Salon compositions.
His first artistic training was not far from Courrières at the College St. Bertin near St. Omer. He et the painter Félix de Vigne in 1842 who, impressed by his youthful talent, persuaded his family to let him study art. Breton left for Ghent in 1843 where he continued to study art at the Academy of Fine Arts with de Vigne and the painter Hendrik Van der Haert. In 1846, Breton moved to Antwerp where he took lessons with Baron Gustaf Wappers and spent some time copying the works of Flemish masters. In 1847, he left for Paris where he hoped to perfect his artistic training at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts.
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http://twitpic.com/vnxey - 'End of Working Day', Jules Breton, 1886.
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http://twitpic.com/vnxey - 'End of Working Day', Jules Breton, 1886.
ARC Museum - Jules Breton - Art Renewal Center's site featuring detailed biographical information and numerous images.
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Blessing of the Wheat in Artois - Image and description of the oil on canvas painting from 1857, on display at Musées des Beaux-Arts d'Arras, France.
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Breton, Jules: La chanson des blés - Jan Dewilde's, Curator of the Ypres City Museums, Belgium, detailed review of this exhibition.
CGFA - Jules Breton - Images of four paintings: The Vintage at the Château Lagrange, Brittany Girl, The Communicants, and The Song of the Lark.
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The Vintage at Château Lagrange - Image of the oil on canvas painting from 1864, on display at the Joslyn Art Museum. Includes a brief biography of the artist.
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