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LE REGAIN - THE SECOND CROP by Julien Dupre (French 1851-1910) Rafael Gallery, New York City.
Julien Dupre was a French artist working in the last half of the 19th century. Salon critics rightly perceived Julien Dupres Breton's closest follower. Through idealization of form, he 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.Dupre received his artistic training in the academic studios of Isidore Pils, Desire-Francois Laug and Henri Lehmann.' Credit: 'Jules Breton and the French Rural Tradition' pub. 1982, Joslyn Art Museum.
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