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 Haymakers | Diogenes | Albert Wolff in His Study | Haymaking | Albert Edward Prince of Wales (mk25) |
Related Artists:
VERONESE (Paolo Caliari)
Italian Mannerist Painter, ca.1528-1588
William Smith Jewett
1789-1874 William Smith Jewett Galleries
Johan van Diest
(fl.1695 - 1757)