Leon Augustin Lhermitte. Léon Augustin Lhermitte was a French naturalist painter and etcher whose primary subject matter was rural scenes depicting peasants at work.
He was a student of Lecoq de Boisbaudran, he gained recognition after his show in the Paris Salon in 1864. His many awards include the French Legion of Honour and the Grand Prize at the Exposition Universelle in 1889.
Lhermitte's innovative use of pastels won him the admiration of his contemporaries. Vincent van Gogh wrote that If every month Le Monde Illustré 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. I am too preoccupied by Lhermitte this evening to be able to talk of other things.
Lhermitte is represented in the collections of museums around the world, including Amsterdam, Boston, Brussels, Chicago, Florence, Montreal, Moscow, Paris, Rheims, and Washington. Léon-Augustin Lhermitte's The Gleaners. A part of the Realism movement and an avid realist painter, Lhermitte depicts the working class poverty in France. Taking very obvious inspiration from Millet, a painting of the same name, Lhermitte in a series of works displayed at the Salon aims to capture this moment in time. When comparing his work to Millet's, even the poses of the women are very similar if not the same. In the foreground there
He was a student of Lecoq de Boisbaudran, he gained recognition after his show in the Paris Salon in 1864. His many awards include the French Legion of Honour and the Grand Prize at the Exposition Universelle in 1889.
Lhermitte's innovative use of pastels won him the admiration of his contemporaries. Vincent van Gogh wrote that If every month Le Monde Illustré 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. I am too preoccupied by Lhermitte this evening to be able to talk of other things.
Lhermitte is represented in the collections of museums around the world, including Amsterdam, Boston, Brussels, Chicago, Florence, Montreal, Moscow, Paris, Rheims, and Washington. Léon-Augustin Lhermitte's The Gleaners. A part of the Realism movement and an avid realist painter, Lhermitte depicts the working class poverty in France. Taking very obvious inspiration from Millet, a painting of the same name, Lhermitte in a series of works displayed at the Salon aims to capture this moment in time. When comparing his work to Millet's, even the poses of the women are very similar if not the same. In the foreground there
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