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See also:BRETON, JULES ADOLPHE AIM$ See also:- LOUIS
- LOUIS (804–876)
- LOUIS (893–911)
- LOUIS, JOSEPH DOMINIQUE, BARON (1755-1837)
- LOUIS, or LEWIS (from the Frankish Chlodowich, Chlodwig, Latinized as Chlodowius, Lodhuwicus, Lodhuvicus, whence-in the Strassburg oath of 842-0. Fr. Lodhuwigs, then Chlovis, Loys and later Louis, whence Span. Luiz and—through the Angevin kings—Hungarian
LOUIS (1827- ), See also:French painter, was See also:born on the 1st of May 1827, at Courrieres, Pas de See also:Calais, See also:France. His See also:artistic gifts being See also:manifest at an See also:early See also:age, he was sent in 1843 to See also:Ghent, to study under the See also:historical painter de See also:Vigne, and in 1846 to See also:Baron See also:Wappers at See also:Antwerp. Finally he worked in See also:Paris under Drolling. His first efforts were in historical subjects: " See also:Saint Piat See also:preaching in See also:Gaul "; then, under the See also:influence of the revolution of 1848, he represented " Misery and Despair." But Breton soon discovered that he was not born to be a historical painter, and he returned to the memories of nature and of the See also:country which were impressed on him in early youth. In 1853 he exhibited the " Return of the Harvesters " at the Paris See also:Salon, and the " Little Gleaner " at See also:Brussels. Thenceforward he was essentially a painter of rustic See also:life, especially in the See also:province of See also:Artois, which he quitted only three times for See also:short excursions: in 1864 to See also:Provence, and in 1865 and 1873 to See also:Brittany, whence he derived some of his happiest studies of religious scenes. His numerous subjects may be divided generally into four classes: labour, See also:rest, rural festivals and religious festivals. Among his more important See also:works may be named " See also:Women Gleaning," and " The See also:Day after St See also:Sebastian's Day " (1855), which gained him a third-class See also:medal; " Blessing the See also:Fields " (1857), a second-class medal; " Erecting a See also:Calvary " (1859), now in the See also:Lille See also:gallery;" The Return of the Gleaners " (1859), now in the Luxembourg; " Evening " and " Women Weeding " (1861), a first-class medal; " Grandfather's Birthday" (1862); "The See also:Close of Day" (1865) ; " See also:Harvest " (1867); " See also:Potato Gatherers " (1868); " A See also:Pardon, Brittany " (1869); " The See also:Fountain " (1872), medal of See also:honour; " The Bonfires of St See also:John " (1875); " Women mending Nets " (1876), in the See also:Douai museum; " A Gleaner "(1877), Luxembourg; " Evening, See also:Finistere " (1881) ; " The See also:Song of the See also:Lark " (1884); " The Last Sunbeam " (1885) ; " The Shepherd's See also:Star " (1888) : " The See also:Call See also:Home " (1889); " The Last Gleanings " (1895); " Gathering Poppies " (1897); " The Alarm Cry " (1899); " See also:Twilight See also:Glory " (1900). Breton was elected to the Institut in 1886 on the See also:death of See also:Baudry. In 1889 he was made See also:commander of the See also:Legion of Honour, and in 1899 See also:foreign member of the Royal See also:Academy of See also:London. He also wrote several books, among them See also:Les Champs et la mer (1876), Nos peintres du siecle (1900), , " Jeanne," a poem, Delphine See also:Bernard (1902), and La Peinture (1904).
See Jules Breton, See also:Vie d'un artiste, See also:art et nature (autobiographical), (Paris, 189o) ; See also:Marius Vachon, Jules Breton (1899).
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