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Julien Dupre Biography

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 Dupré artist 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."

His 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 paintings 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 artist received his artistic training in the academic studios of Isidore Pils, Desire-Francois Laugre and Henri Lehmann. The painter exhibited first Julien Dupré painting at the Paris Salon in 1876 and thereafter, became a regular exhibitor until his death in 1910.

In 1880 Julien Dupré painter was awarded a third-class medal for Faucheurs de Luzerne and in 1881 he 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. Art Julien Dupré was sought after internationally and Julien Dupré found a good market in the United States.
Spellman goes on to remark that: "In The White Cow which was amongst the finest Julien Dupré paintings in last year's Salon, several of M. His merits as a painter are exemplified. The cow - taking a patient and intelligent interest in the operation of milking - is superbly drawn, and her expression admirably rendered. The light and shade, the balance of composition, and the rendering and disposition of the figures combine in this picture to produce a canvas which pleases the spectator the more Julien Dupré painter examines it."