Jules Bastien-Lepage and his art. A memoir (1892) (14581443039)

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Title: Jules Bastien-Lepage and his art. A memoir
Year: 1892 (1890s)
Authors: Theuriet, André, 1833-1907 Clausen, George, b. 1852 Sickert, Walter, 1860-1942 Blind, Mathilde, 1841-1896
Subjects: Bastien-Lepage, Jules, 1848-1884 Bashkirtseff, Marie, 1860-1884 Realism in art
Publisher: London : T. F. Unwin New York, Macmillan
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
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going in the early morning into her gardento visit her apple tree in blossom. The nights ofApril are perfidious, and the spring frosts give mortalwounds; the old woman draws to her a floweringbranch and inspects with anxious eye the disasterscaused by the hurtful rays of the red moon. Bastien- AS MAN AND ABTIST. 105 Lepage was like this tree, full of sap and of promisingblossom. For years the heavens had been clementto him, and the flowers had given many and richfruits; then in a single night a murderous frostdestroyed all—the open flowers by thousands, andthe tree itself. All that remains is the splendid fruitof past seasons, but the exquisite flavour of that theworld will long enjoy. Things truly beautiful have wonderful vitality andlast on through the centuries, hovering above the earthwhere the generations of men go turn by turn tosleep,—and this survival of the works of the spiritof man is perhaps the surest immortality upon whichhe can count. JULES BASTIEN-LEPAGE AS ARTIST.
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I; Relief Pobtbait of Baste \. >By Augustus S tin ■<■ tudt ns. JULES BASTIEN-LEPAGE AS AETIST. THE work of Bastien-Lepage ranks, to mymind, with the very best in modern art.He brought to us what was in some waysa new view of nature—one whose truth was at onceadmitted, but which was nevertheless the cause ofmuch discussion and criticism. It was objected tomainly, I think, as not being in accord with estab-lished lilies, but nevertheless the objectors expressedtheir admiration for the skill of the painter ; while,on the other hand, for those who accepted him(chiefly the younger men these), no praise was toogreat, no admiration too enthusiastic. It is only a few years since his untimely deathwas mourned as a loss to the whole art-world, forhis whole career is so recent that his fellow-studentsare si ill young men, many of them only now begin-ning to obtain full recognition ; and yet it is perhapslong enough ago to enable his work to be consideredas ;i whole, and his place in