Léon Augustin Lhermitte
Naturalist painter of rural peasant life
Léon Augustin Lhermitte was a French naturalist painter and etcher whose primary subject matter was rural scenes depicting peasants at work. He was a student of Lecoq de Boisbaudran, he gained recognition after his show in the Paris Salon in 1864. His many awards include the French Legion of Honour (1884) and the Grand Prize at the Exposition Universelle in 1889. Lhermitte’s innovative use of pastels won him the admiration of his contemporaries. Vincent van Gogh wrote that "If every month Le Monde Illustré published one of his compositions ... it would be a great pleasure for me to be able to follow it. It is certain that for years I have not seen anything as beautiful as this scene by Lhermitte ... I am too preoccupied by Lhermitte this evening to be able to talk of other things."
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Master student
- Germain David-Nillet Student
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Artworks by this artist (97 total)
- Figures In A Cottage Interior
- Fin de Belle Journée 1921
- Haymaking
- La bénédicité au Chaussin près de Vichy (The blessing at Chaussin near Vichy) 1897
- Maternité Or Heureuse Famille
- Harvest Rest 1915
- Le Repos Des Paysans
- Le Vin 1885
- Les dentellières des Vosges (The lacemakers of the Vosges) 1888
- Moisson, mère allaitant, trois figures 1921
- Faneuse ou Fenaison
- Une Rue À Bourges
- L’eau-de-vie le marc 1872
- Gerbes En Tas
- The Young Mother
- Woman with Child and Two Children late 19th-early 20th century
- Repos pendant la fenaison
- Two Peasant Girls
- La glaneuse
- Le pont de Nuremberg 1896