Jules Bastien-LePage was the undisputed leader of the French Naturalists, the successors of the Realist school. Painted in his home village of Damvillers, October depicts the difficult harvest work realistically; LePage had contempt for the salon artists who idealized country life yet knew nothing of it.
October, c.1878, Oil on CanvasJules Bastien-LePage French (1848 - 1884) |
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Jules Bastien-LePage was the undisputed leader of the French Naturalists, the successors of the Realist school. Painted in his home village of Damvillers, October depicts the difficult harvest work realistically; LePage had contempt for the salon artists who idealized country life yet knew nothing of it. |
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