Bastien-Lepage, JULES

Bastien-Lepage, JULES, French painter, born at Damvilliers, November 1, 1848, studied under Cabanel, and early began to attract notice by his impressionist, but strong and real pictures in the Salon. Some of his more important works were 'In Spring,' 'The First Communion,' 'The Shepherds,' 'The Wheat-field,' 'The Beggar,' and 'Joan of Arc listening to the Voices.' Striking portraits were those of his grandfather, his father and mother, Sarah Bernhardt, André Theuriet, and the Prince of Wales. The painter died of a painful and lingering disease at the height of his fame, December 10, 1884. See works on him by A. Theuriet (trans. 1892) and G. Clausen (1892).