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The artist's grandfather by Jules Bastien-Lepage

The artist's grandfather

Jules Bastien-Lepage · 1874

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Artist
Jules Bastien-Lepage
Date
1874
Location
Musée d'Orsay
ART MOVEMENTS
Naturalism
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THE ARTIST

Jules Bastien-Lepage

Jules Bastien-Lepage was a French painter whose Naturalist depictions of peasant life, like 'Haymaking,' bridged Realism and Impressionism.

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