Jules Bastien-LepageFrench, 1848–1884Hay Making
May one see it?
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Musée d'Orsay
Paris, France
The owner is known; whether it is on view today is not.
- In this state since
- Source
- The museum
About the painting
Haymaking (French: Les foins), or Resting in the Fields, is an oil on canvas painting by Jules Bastien-Lepage, from 1877. First exhibited at the Salon of 1878 in Paris, it was acquired by the Musée du Luxembourg in 1885 at the posthumous sale of the artist's works. It passed to the Louvre in 1929 and then to its current home in the Musée d'Orsay, in Paris, in 1980.
Particulars
- Accession number
- RF 2748
In the catalog
Sources
- Wikidata
- Image: Musée d'Orsay — Jules Bastien-Lepage · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
Meanwhile, in the life of Jules Bastien-Lepage
The whole life1875 · Award
Prix de Rome
1876
A second attempt at the Prix de Rome fails
With “Priam at the Feet of Achilles” (now in Lille) Bastien-Lepage again misses the Prix de Rome: a year earlier he had taken second place in the competition with “Angels Appearing to the Shepherds”, later shown again at the 1878 Exposition Universelle. The failure leads him to resolve to return to country life.
1877
“My Parents” and a portrait of Lady L. at the Salon of 1877
For the Salon of 1877 Bastien-Lepage sends “My Parents” and a full-length portrait of Lady L.
1879
Commissioned to portray the Prince of Wales
Growing fame brings Bastien-Lepage prominent commissions: in 1879 he is asked to paint the Prince of Wales. A small portrait of the prince is shown at the Royal Academy in 1880.
1879–1882
Travels in England
From 1879 to 1882 Bastien-Lepage travels in England.
