Julien Dupré
(1851 - 1910)

A SURVEY

Working during the last half of the 19th century, Julien Dupré was an artist, considered by most, to be one of the leading exponents of the second generation of Realist painters; a group that also includes Leon Lhermitte, Jules Bastien-Lepage and Pascal Dagnan-Bouveret. Like J.F. Millet and J. Breton, before them, these artists devoted their artistic careers to the depiction of the toils of the French peasant - often seen hard at work in the fields. As Hollister Sturges states in Jules Breton and the French Rural Tradition (1982, Joslyn Art Museum):

Salon critics rightly perceived Julien Dupré as 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.

Dupré'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.

Dupré received his artistic training in the academic studios of Isidore Pils, Desire-Francois Laugée and Henri Lehmann. He exhibited his first painting at the Paris Salon in 1876 and thereafter, became a regular exhibitor until his death in 1910. In 1880 he was awarded a third-class medal for Faucheurs de Luzerne and in 1881 he received a second-class medal for his La Recolte des Foins. He was honored with a gold medal at the Paris Fair of 1889 and in 1892 was awarded the Legion of Honor. His work was sought after internationally and he found a good market in the United States. In 1891 Marion H. Speilman, in his article entitled "The White Cow" (The Magazine of Art, 1891, Vol. 14, p. 415), describes Dupré as:

... one of the most rising artists of the French School. He is individual in his work, accurate as an observer, earnest as a painter, healthy in his instincts and intensely artistic in his impressions and translations of them... he is always one of the attractions at the Salon.

Acknowledging his mastery at portraying both animals and humans powerfully, yet gracefully, one cannot help but pay tribute to his immense talent in being able to recreate nature's light on canvas - a feat that many have attempted but few have succeeded in accomplishing. Whether it is the light filtering through a group of trees onto the figures and animals below or the warm effulgent sun bathing the lush French countryside, Dupré is always true to nature.

Speilman goes on to remark that: In The White Cow which was amongst the finest works in last year's Salon, several of M. Dupré's merits as a painter are exemplified. The cow - taking a patient and intelligent interest in the operation of milking - is superbly drawn, and her expression admirably rendered. The light and shade, the balance of composition, and the rendering and disposition of the figures combine in this picture to produce a canvas which pleases the spectator the more he examines it.

Works in public collections (partial listing):
Haying Scene (1884) - St. Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, MO.
The Haymakers (1886) - Worcester Art Museum, Worcester, MA.
Return From the Fields (n.d.) - Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, NE.
In Pasture (1882) - Washington University Art Gallery, St. Louis, MO.
Haying Scene (1882) - Washington University Art Gallery, St. Louis, MO.
Young Woman Watering Cattle - Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA.
Haymaking (1892) - Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA.
Children Feeding Geese (1881) - Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA.
Peasant Girl with Sheep - The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, CA.
Milking Time - The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, CA.
Women in the Fields - Bowdoin College Museum of Art, Brunswick, ME.
The Young Shepherdess - San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego, CA.
In the Pasture (1883) - University of Kentucky Art Museum, Lexington, KY.
Le Ballon (1886) - Reading Public Museum and Art Gallery, Reading, PA.
The Harvesters (1885) - The Appleton Museum of Art, Ocala, FL.
The Harvester (c.1880/1) - Huntington Museum of Art, Huntington, W.V.

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La faneuse by Julien Dupré - 15 x 18 inches Signed french realist realism peasants haymakers haymaking figureative The Reapers by Julien Dupré - 15 x 18 inches Signed and dated 1886 french academic art j dupre jules dupre French realist French academic paris salon exhibitor 19th century realism haymaker wheat field gleaners farm workers peasants working bucolic scenes realism harvesting scene figurative
Julien Dupré
(1851 - 1910)
La faneuse
Oil on canvas on board
15 x 18 inches
Signed
Julien Dupré
(1851 - 1910)
The Reapers
Oil on canvas
15 x 18 inches
Signed and dated 1886
 
Femme Versant a Boire by Julien Dupré - 25 ˝ x 32 inches Signed and dated 1882 French realist French academic paris salon exhibitor 19th century realism haymakers wheat field gleaners farm workers peasants working lunch bucolic scenes
Julien Dupré
(1851 - 1910)
Femme Versant a Boire
Oil on canvas
25 ˝ x 32 inches
Signed and dated 1882
 
La Moisson by Julien Dupré - 25 ˝ x 32 inches Signed French realist French academic paris salon exhibitor 19th century realism haymaker wheat field gleaners farm workers peasants working bucolic scenes La Faneuse by Julien Dupré - 26 x 32 inches Signed French realist French academic paris salon exhibitor 19th century realism haymaker wheat field gleaners farm workers peasants working bucolic scenes
Julien Dupré
(1851 - 1910)
La Moisson
Oil on canvas
25 ˝ x 32 inches
Signed
Julien Dupré
(1851 - 1910)
La Faneuse
Oil on canvas
26 x 32 inches
Signed
 
Le Repos by Julien Dupré - 28 x 18 1/2 inches Signed French realist French academic paris salon exhibitor 19th century realism haymaker wheat field gleaners farm workers peasants working bucolic scenes
Julien Dupré
(1851 - 1910)
Le Repos
Oil on canvas
28 x 18 1/2 inches
Signed
 
Les Foins by Julien Dupré - 15 x 21 3/4 inches Signed French realist French academic paris salon exhibitor 19th century realism haymaker wheat field gleaners farm workers peasants working bucolic scenes A Moments Rest by Julien Dupré - 15 x 22 inches Signed French realist French academic paris salon exhibitor 19th century realism haymaker wheat field gleaners farm workers peasants working bucolic scenes
Julien Dupré
(1851 - 1910)
Les Foins
Oil on canvas
15 x 21 3/4 inches
Signed
Julien Dupré
(1851 - 1910)
A Moments Rest
Oil on canvas
15 x 22 inches
Signed
 
Le Dejeuner de Faneuses by Julien Dupré - 22 x 26 inches Signed French realist French academic paris salon exhibitor 19th century realism haymaker wheat field gleaners farm workers peasants working bucolic scenes
Julien Dupré
(1851 - 1910)
Le Dejeuner de Faneuses
Oil on canvas
22 x 26 inches
Signed
 
Milkmaids in the Field by Julien Dupré - 26 x 32 inches Signed French realist French academic paris salon exhibitor 19th century realism cows vaches farm workers peasants working tending animals bucolic scenes La Fermiere by Julien Dupré - 24 x 29 inches Signed French realist French academic paris salon exhibitor 19th century realism sheep mouton farm workers peasants working tending animals bucolic scenes
Julien Dupré
(1851 - 1910)
Milkmaids in the Field
Oil on canvas
26 x 32 inches
Signed
Julien Dupré
(1851 - 1910)
La Fermiere
Oil on canvas
24 x 29 inches
Signed
 
The Young Milkmaid by Julien Dupré - 15 x 21 3/4 inches Signed French realist French academic paris salon exhibitor 19th century realism cows vaches farm workers peasants working tending animals bucolic scenes
Julien Dupré
(1851 - 1910)
The Young Milkmaid
Oil on canvas
15 x 21 3/4 inches
Signed
 
Haying by Julien Dupré - 14 3/4 x 18 1/4 inches Signed French realist French academic paris salon exhibitor 19th century realism haymaker wheat field gleaners farm workers peasants working bucolic scenes Le Temps de Moisson by Julien Dupré - 15 1/4 x 18 1/4 inches Signed and dated 1889 French realist French academic paris salon exhibitor 19th century realism haymaker wheat field gleaners farm workers peasants working bucolic scenes
Julien Dupré
(1851 - 1910)
Haying
Oil on panel
14 3/4 x 18 1/4 inches
Signed
Julien Dupré
(1851 - 1910)
Le Temps de Moisson
Oil on panel
15 1/4 x 18 1/4 inches
Signed and dated 1889
 
Le Repos dans les Champs by Julien Dupré - 26 x 32 inches Signed and dated 1887 French realist French academic paris salon exhibitor 19th century realism haymaker wheat field gleaners farm workers peasants working bucolic scenes lunch
Julien Dupré
(1851 - 1910)
Le Repos dans les Champs
Oil on panel
26 x 32 inches
Signed and dated 1887
 
Les Vaches a l'Abreuvoir by Julien Dupré - 21 1/2 x 28 3/4 inches Signed French realist French academic paris salon exhibitor 19th century realism cows vaches farm workers peasants working tending animals bucolic scenes Femme et vaches par l'eau by Julien Dupré - 18 x 24 inches Signed French realist French academic paris salon exhibitor 19th century realism cows vaches farm workers peasants working tending animals bucolic scenes
Julien Dupré
(1851 - 1910)
Les Vaches a l'Abreuvoir
Oil on canvas
21 1/2 x 28 3/4 inches
Signed
Julien Dupré
(1851 - 1910)
Femme et vaches par l'eau
Oil on canvas
18 x 24 inches
Signed
 
La rentree au village by Julien Dupré - 48 1/2 x 59 1/2 inches Signed and dated 1895 French realist French academic paris salon exhibitor 19th century realism cows vaches farm workers peasants working tending animals bucolic scenes
Julien Dupré
(1851 - 1910)
La rentree au village
Oil on canvas
48 1/2 x 59 1/2 inches
Signed and dated 1895
 
Study for Returning from the Fields by Julien Dupré - 12 1/2 x 9 1/2 inches Stamped Returning from the Fields by Julien Dupré - 18 x 13 inches Signed French realist French academic paris salon exhibitor 19th century realism haymaker wheat field gleaners farm workers peasants working bucolic scenes
Julien Dupré
(1851 - 1910)
Study for Returning from the Fields
Graphite on paper
12 1/2 x 9 1/2 inches
Stamped
Julien Dupré
(1851 - 1910)
Returning from the Fields
Oil on canvas
18 x 13 inches
Signed
 
Milkmaid with Cows by Julien Dupré - 18 x 22 inches Signed French realist French academic paris salon exhibitor 19th century realism cows vaches farm workers peasants working tending animals bucolic scenes
Julien Dupré
(1851 - 1910)
Milkmaid with Cows
Oil on canvas
18 x 22 inches
Signed
 
La Fenaison by Julien Dupré - 23 1/2 x 28 1/2 inches Signed French realist French academic paris salon exhibitor 19th century realism haymaker wheat field gleaners farm workers peasants working bucolic scenes Tending the Herd by Julien Dupré - 15 x 18 inches Signed French realist French academic paris salon exhibitor 19th century realism cows vaches farm workers peasants working tending animals bucolic scenes
Julien Dupré
(1851 - 1910)
La Fenaison
Oil on canvas
23 1/2 x 28 1/2 inches
Signed
Julien Dupré
(1851 - 1910)
Tending the Herd
Oil on canvas
15 x 18 inches
Signed
 
Femme Portant ŕ Manger by Julien Dupré - 18 x 14 1/2 inches Signed french realist realism peasants farmhand figure figurative genre
Julien Dupré
(1851 - 1910)
Femme Portant ŕ Manger
Oil on canvas
18 x 14 1/2 inches
Signed
 
The Wheatfield by Julien Dupré - 20 x 29 inches Signed and dated 1893 French realist French academic paris salon exhibitor 19th century realism haymaker wheat field gleaners farm workers peasants working bucolic scenes Harvesters Loading the Cart by Julien Dupré - 18 x 24 inches Signed French realist French academic paris salon exhibitor 19th century realism haymakers wheat field gleaners farm workers peasants working bucolic scenes
Julien Dupré
(1851 - 1910)
The Wheatfield
Oil on canvas
20 x 29 inches
Signed and dated 1893
Julien Dupré
(1851 - 1910)
Harvesters Loading the Cart
Oil on canvas
18 x 24 inches
Signed
 
Pâturage by Julien Dupré - 18 x 21 ľ inches Signed French realist French academic paris salon exhibitor 19th century realism cows vaches farm workers peasants working tending animals bucolic scenes
Julien Dupré
(1851 - 1910)
Pâturage
Oil on panel
18 x 21 ľ inches
Signed
 
At the Well by Julien Dupré - 15 x 22 inches Signed French realist French academic paris salon exhibitor 19th century realism cows vaches farm workers peasants working tending animals bucolic scenes Peasant Woman with Cows and Sheep by Julien Dupré - 15 x 21 3/4 inches Signed French realist French academic paris salon exhibitor 19th century realism cows vaches sheep mouton farm workers peasants working tending animals bucolic scenes
Julien Dupré
(1851 - 1910)
At the Well
Oil on canvas
15 x 22 inches
Signed
Julien Dupré
(1851 - 1910)
Peasant Woman with Cows and Sheep
Oil on canvas
15 x 21 3/4 inches
Signed
 
Femme au soleil - faneuse by Julien Dupré - 20 x 16 inches Signed french realist realism academic genre figures figurative haymakers hay maker haying
Julien Dupré
(1851 - 1910)
Femme au soleil - faneuse
Oil on board
20 x 16 inches
Signed
 
Laitiere by Julien Dupré - 15 1/4 x 21 3/4 inches Signed French realist French academic paris salon exhibitor 19th century realism cows vaches sheep mouton farm workers peasants working tending animals bucolic scenes Laitiere Gardant ses Vaches by Julien Dupré - 17 1/2 x 23 3/4 inches Signed French realist French academic paris salon exhibitor 19th century realism cows vaches farm workers peasants working tending animals bucolic scenes
Julien Dupré
(1851 - 1910)
Laitiere
Oil on canvas
15 1/4 x 21 3/4 inches
Signed
Julien Dupré
(1851 - 1910)
Laitiere Gardant ses Vaches
Oil on canvas
17 1/2 x 23 3/4 inches
Signed
 
The Harvest by Julien Dupré - 25 1/2 x 32 inches Signed french peasant realist realism haying woman genre figures figurative
Julien Dupré
(1851 - 1910)
The Harvest
Oil on canvas
25 1/2 x 32 inches
Signed
 
Milkmaid with Cows by Julien Dupré - 15 x 21 3/4 inches Signed French realist French academic paris salon exhibitor 19th century realism cows vaches farm workers peasants working tending animals bucolic scenes Paysage avec Animaux by Julien Dupré - 15 x 21 3/4 inches Signed french rural peasant cows sheep milkmaid realist realism french academic paris salon
Julien Dupré
(1851 - 1910)
Milkmaid with Cows
Oil on canvas
15 x 21 3/4 inches
Signed
Julien Dupré
(1851 - 1910)
Paysage avec Animaux
Oil on canvas
15 x 21 3/4 inches
Signed
 
Peasants in the Field by Julien Dupré - 12 x 16 inches Signed and dated 1895 peasants haymaking realist drawing works on paper
Julien Dupré
(1851 - 1910)
Peasants in the Field
Graphite on paper
12 x 16 inches
Signed and dated 1895
 
Un Berger et son Troupeau by Julien Dupré - 25 3/4 x 32 inches Signed french realist naturalist shephard sheep Le repas des moissonneurs by Julien Dupré - 25 5/8 x 31 7/8 inches Signed french realist genre figures figurative lunch workers peasants
Julien Dupré
(1851 - 1910)
Un Berger et son Troupeau
Oil on canvas
25 3/4 x 32 inches
Signed
Julien Dupré
(1851 - 1910)
Le repas des moissonneurs
Oil on canvas
25 5/8 x 31 7/8 inches
Signed
 
Retour a la Ferme by Julien Dupré - 18 x 24 inches Signed French realist French academic paris salon exhibitor 19th century realism cows vaches sheep mouton farm workers peasants working tending animals bucolic scenes
Julien Dupré
(1851 - 1910)
Retour a la Ferme
Oil on canvas
18 x 24 inches
Signed
 
End of the Day by Julien Dupré - 15 x 21 3/4 inches Signed French realist French academic paris salon exhibitor 19th century realism cows vaches sheep mouton farm workers peasants working tending animals bucolic scenes Glaneuses by Julien Dupré - 36 1/2 x 51 inches Signed and dated 1880 french realist realism barbizon academic figurative peasant genre paris salon
Julien Dupré
(1851 - 1910)
End of the Day
Oil on canvas
15 x 21 3/4 inches
Signed
Julien Dupré
(1851 - 1910)
Glaneuses
Oil on canvas
36 1/2 x 51 inches
Signed and dated 1880
 
Harvest Time by Julien Dupré - 26 x 32 inches Signed french realist realism academic genre figures figurative haymakers hay maker haying
Julien Dupré
(1851 - 1910)
Harvest Time
Oil on canvas
26 x 32 inches
Signed
 
La Bergere by Julien Dupré - 21 3/4 x 18 3/8 inches Signed French realist French academic paris salon exhibitor 19th century realism sheep mouton farm workers peasants working tending animals bucolic scenes La bergere by Julien Dupré - 21 5/8 x 18 1/8 inches Signed French realist French academic paris salon exhibitor 19th century realism sheep mouton farm workers peasants working tending animals bucolic scenes
Julien Dupré
(1851 - 1910)
La Bergere
Oil on canvas
21 3/4 x 18 3/8 inches
Signed
Julien Dupré
(1851 - 1910)
La bergere
Oil on canvas
21 5/8 x 18 1/8 inches
Signed
 
Une Faneuse by Julien Dupré - 18 1/4 x 15 inches Signed french realist realism academic genre figures figurative haymakers hay maker haying
Julien Dupré
(1851 - 1910)
Une Faneuse
Oil on canvas
18 1/4 x 15 inches
Signed
 
Bergčre et Moutons by Julien Dupré - 18 3/8 x 21 3/4 inches Signed french academic paris salon realist Une Prairie by Julien Dupré - 18 1/4 x 21 3/4 inches Signed french realist realism cows vaches sheep peasants
Julien Dupré
(1851 - 1910)
Bergčre et Moutons
Oil on canvas
18 3/8 x 21 3/4 inches
Signed
Julien Dupré
(1851 - 1910)
Une Prairie
Oil on canvas
18 1/4 x 21 3/4 inches
Signed
 
Faneuse by Julien Dupré - 12 3/4 x 9 3/4 inches Signed and dated 1881 peasants genre french academic realist haymaking pitching hay
Julien Dupré
(1851 - 1910)
Faneuse
Oil on canvas
12 3/4 x 9 3/4 inches
Signed and dated 1881
 
Milkmaid in Normandy by Julien Dupré - 18 x 15 inches Signed french realist peasant cows figurative realism The Shepherdess by Julien Dupré - 18 1/4 x 15 inches Signed sheep realist realism french academic naturalist naturalism peasants
Julien Dupré
(1851 - 1910)
Milkmaid in Normandy
Oil on canvas
18 x 15 inches
Signed
Julien Dupré
(1851 - 1910)
The Shepherdess
Oil on canvas
18 1/4 x 15 inches
Signed
 
Une gardeuse d'oie by Julien Dupré - 25 3/4 x 21 1/4 inches Signed french realist peasant geese
Julien Dupré
(1851 - 1910)
Une gardeuse d'oie
Oil on canvas
25 3/4 x 21 1/4 inches
Signed
 
Tending the Herd by Julien Dupré - 25 1/2 x 31 3/4 inches Signed french realist academic cows sheep peasant milkmaid Milking Time by Julien Dupré - 18 x 24 inches Signed french bucolic realist cows sheep peasants genre figures figurative
Julien Dupré
(1851 - 1910)
Tending the Herd
Oil on canvas
25 1/2 x 31 3/4 inches
Signed
Julien Dupré
(1851 - 1910)
Milking Time
Oil on canvas
18 x 24 inches
Signed
 
Harvesters by Julien Dupré - 19 1/2 x 25 1/2 inches Signed french realist genre figures figurtaive harvestin man woman
Julien Dupré
(1851 - 1910)
Harvesters
Oil on canvas
19 1/2 x 25 1/2 inches
Signed
 
Peasant Woman with Cows by Julien Dupré - 15 1/4 x 22 inches Signed french 19th century realist genre peasants cows landscapes figures La Prairie by Julien Dupré - 37 1/2 x 59 3/8 inches Signed and dated 1889 19th century french realist naturalist cows sheep figures figurative paris salon
Julien Dupré
(1851 - 1910)
Peasant Woman with Cows
Oil on canvas
15 1/4 x 22 inches
Signed
Julien Dupré
(1851 - 1910)
La Prairie
Oil on canvas
37 1/2 x 59 3/8 inches
Signed and dated 1889
 
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