Jules Breton
1827–1906
Breton grew up in Courrières in northern France. He built a successful career around rural workers, admiring their labor and relationship with nature. His paintings presented that life in an idealized, carefully arranged form.
Works
Sources
Jules Breton · Krannert Art Museum, University Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Presented by the School of Art and Design to commemorate the tenure of Muriel Christison as Director of the Museum, 1982-9-1. · Public domain; Open Access Image Portrait source · Licence