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The Song of the Lark

by Jules Breton · 1884

The Song of the Lark by Jules Breton

Artist

Jules Adolphe Aimé Louis Breton was a 19th-century French naturalist painter. His paintings are heavily influenced by the French countryside and his absorption of traditional methods of painting helped make him one of the primary transmitters of the beauty and idyllic vision of rural existence.

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Artwork

The Song of the Lark, Art Institute of Chicago is an oil on canvas painting by French naturalist artist Jules Breton, from 1884.

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Artist
Jules Breton
Year
1884
Movement
Realism
Country
France
Location
Art Institute of Chicago
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