Bastien-Lepage

They stride purposefully past such academic potboilers as Jules Bastien-Lepage's enormous Joan of Arc, lurching out of the canvas, or Pierre-Auguste Cot's coy lovers sheltering from the rain, en route to the nearby Impressionist rooms or to some more alluring special show, slowing only to acknowledge the large bronzes by Auguste Rodin.

A Most Revealing Face Karen Wilkin 2011

I found the most impressive works in the pre - Manet rooms to be two naturalistic images of poor country peasants by Jean-Fran ç ois Raffa ë lli and Jules Bastien-Lepage.

The Best and the Rest David Littlejohn 2010

I was surprised to learn this painting was by Bastien-Lepage:

Bastien-Lepage: Reinstating Nature James Gurney 2010

“Art is indebted to Bastien-Lepage for having reinstated nature in all her literal truth by proving that, in order to be beautiful, she has no need of artificial and superfluous adornment.”

Bastien-Lepage: Reinstating Nature James Gurney 2010

This from 1882 is a variation of a work Bastien-Lepage made in 1881.

Bastien-Lepage: Reinstating Nature James Gurney 2010

Bastien-Lepage is the favourite artist of one of my painting mentors, David Aldus.

Bastien-Lepage: Reinstating Nature James Gurney 2010

“Art is indebted to Bastien-Lepage for having reinstated nature in all her literal truth by proving that, in order to be beautiful, she has no need of artificial and superfluous adornment.”

Archive 2010-06-01 James Gurney 2010

The drawing below was submitted by Jules Bastien-Lepage.

Archive 2009-04-01 James Gurney 2009

The drawing below was submitted by Jules Bastien-Lepage.

En Loge Competition James Gurney 2009

Sorolla studied in Rome and Paris, where he was influenced by the salon painters Jules Bastien-Lepage and Adolf von Menzel.

Sorolla and the Light of the Spanish Sun Barbara Rose 2009