Jules Adolphe Aime Louis Breton ( fr. Jules Adolphe Aimé Louis Breton May 1, 1827 , Pas de Calais - July 5, 1906 , Paris ) - French artist , genre painter and landscape painter, representative of realism ; poet.
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| Birth name | Jules Adolphe Aimé Louis Breton |
| Date of Birth | May 1, 1827 |
| Place of Birth | Department of Pas de Calais , France |
| Date of death | July 5, 1906 (aged 79) |
| Place of death | Paris , France |
| Citizenship |  France |
| Genre | Genre painting , landscape |
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Biography
His mother died when Jules was 4 years old, and his father raised him. In 1842, he met the artist Felix de Vigne, who, impressed by his youthful talent, convinced his family to let him do art. Breton traveled to Ghent in 1843, where he continued to study art at the Academy of Fine Arts. In 1846, Breton moved to Antwerp , where he took lessons from Egidius Karel Gustav Wappers and for some time copied the works of Flemish masters. In 1847 he went to Paris , where he studied at the School of Fine Arts. The subjects of Breton's paintings are borrowed from folk life. Most of his paintings are idyllic; they depict the lives of shepherds or peasants in the field; execution, in general, is distinguished by realism, but the concept itself is not foreign to some idealistic coloring.
Daughter - Virginie Demon Breton , artist. Brother - artist Emil Breton (1831-1902).
Famous paintings
- “Return from the harvest” (1853)
- "The collection of gatherer ears (Le rappel des glaneuses)" (1859)
- The Song of the Lark (1885)
- The First Communion (1886)
Interesting Facts
Van Gogh walked 200 kilometers to get to Breton, but never went inside his workshop, because he was shy. This episode is found in the book of A. Perryusho “Van Gogh”, as well as in Irving Stone in the book “Thirst for Life”. Van Gogh appreciated Breton, including as a poet, and rewrote Breton's poems in a letter to Anton Rappard on March 8, 1884.
Literature
- Breton, Jules-Adolph // Encyclopedic Dictionary of Brockhaus and Efron : 86 volumes (82 volumes and 4 additional). - SPb. , 1890-1907.