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The first communion by Jules Bastien-Lepage

The first communion

Jules Bastien-Lepage · 1875

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Artist
Jules Bastien-Lepage
Date
1875
Location
Musée des Beaux-Arts de Tournai
ART MOVEMENTS
Naturalism
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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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