Jules Bastien-Lepage

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Add: Jules Bastien Lepage's first teacher was his father himself an artist His first formal training was at Verdun Prompted by a love of art he went to Paris in 1867 where he was admitted to the École des Beaux arts working under Alexandre Cabanel He was awarded first place for drawing but spent most of his time working alone only occasionally appearing in class Nevertheless he completed three years at the école In a letter to his parents he complained that the life model was a man in the pose of a mediaeval lutanist During the Franco Prussian War in 1870 Bastien fought and was wounded After the war he returned home to paint the villagers and recover from his wound In 1873 he painted his grandfather in the garden a work that.

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