Julien Dupré oil painting abstract art, French paintings

Julien Dupre
French Naturalist painter
born 17 March 1851 - died April 1910

Student of: Henri Lehmann (1814-1882), Isidore Alexandre Augustin Pils (1813-1875)

Working during the last half of the 19th century, Julien Dupre was an artist, considered by most, to be one of the leading exponents of the second generation of Realist painters; a group that also includes Leon Lhermitte, Jules Bastien-Lepage and Pascal Dagnan-Bouveret. Like J.F. Millet and J. Breton, before them, these artists devoted their artistic careers to the depiction of the toils of the French peasant - often seen hard at work in the fields. As Hollister Sturges states in Jules Breton and the French Rural Tradition (1982, Joslyn Art Museum):

"Salon critics rightly perceived Julien Dupre as Breton's closest follower. Through idealization of form, Julien Dupre invested his peasant women with a heroic aura, though unlike his predecessor, his figures are usually engaged in vigorous action. His landscapes, with their cloudy skies and varied motifs, are also much more active. Their high key color and spontaneous brushwork have a vivacity and freshness that distinguishes them from the somber calm of Breton's scenes."

Dupre's most enduring and powerful image is that of a single, Herculean, female, positioned dramatically and elegantly in the foreground of the painting, pitching hay. His finely modeled figures pay tribute to his academic training, as well as his study of the works of Breton and Bouguereau; while his freer handling of the background areas, at times done with a palette knife, shows the influence of the Impressionists.- Julien Dupré oil painting abstract art, French paintings - Julien Dupré oil painting French, abstract art oil paintings Julien Dupré Bio by Dupre abstract oil painting art of French Julien Dupré oil paintings abstract, abstract art.

Dupre received his artistic training in the academic studios of Isidore Pils, Desire-Francois Laugre and Henri Lehmann. Julien Dupré exhibited his first painting at the Paris Salon in 1876 and thereafter, became a regular exhibitor until his death in 1910. In 1880 Julien Dupre was awarded a third-class medal for Faucheurs de Luzerne and in 1881 Julien Dupre received a second-class medal for his La Recolte des Foins. Julien Dupre was honored with a gold medal at the Paris Fair of 1889 and in 1892 was awarded the Legion of Honor. His work was sought after internationally and Julien Dupré found a good market in the United States. In 1891 Marion H. Speilman, in his article entitled "The White Cow" (The Magazine of Art, 1891, Vol. 14, p. 415), describes Dupre as:

Acknowledging his mastery at portraying both animals and humans powerfully, yet gracefully, one

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