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Lhermitte, Leon
French Realist Painter, 1844-1925
was a French painter and etcher of the late nineteenth century. A student of Lecocq de Boisbourdran, he was a realist artist whose primary subject matter was of rural scenes depicting the peasant worker. He gained recognition after his show in the Paris Salon in 1864. His many awards include the French Legion of Honour (1884) and the Grand Prize at the Exposition Universelle in 1889. Lhermitte's innovative use of the then contemporary media of pastels won him the admiration of his contemporaries. Vincent Van Gogh wrote that If every month Le Monde Illustr published one of his compositions... it would be a great pleasure for me to be able to follow it. It is certain that for years I have not seen anything as beautiful as this scene by Lhermitte
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Painting ID:: 19190
Harvesters' Country
1882, Mus??e d'Orsay, Paris.
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Painting ID:: 51866
Motherhood
mk221
1888
Oil on canvas
41.3x33cm
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Painting ID:: 51867
The Cleaners,end of the Day
mk221
1891
Oil on canvas
101.6x78.7cm
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Painting ID:: 51868
The Bleak Farm
mk221
1910
Oil on canvas
85.1x71.1cm
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Lhermitte, Leon
French Realist Painter, 1844-1925
was a French painter and etcher of the late nineteenth century. A student of Lecocq de Boisbourdran, he was a realist artist whose primary subject matter was of rural scenes depicting the peasant worker. He gained recognition after his show in the Paris Salon in 1864. His many awards include the French Legion of Honour (1884) and the Grand Prize at the Exposition Universelle in 1889. Lhermitte's innovative use of the then contemporary media of pastels won him the admiration of his contemporaries. Vincent Van Gogh wrote that If every month Le Monde Illustr published one of his compositions... it would be a great pleasure for me to be able to follow it. It is certain that for years I have not seen anything as beautiful as this scene by Lhermitte
. Related Artists to Lhermitte, Leon: | Julie Wilhelmine Hagen-Schwarz | John Edward Brett | Charles Livingston Bull | Alphonse Mucha | John Kane |
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