. Jules Bastien-Lepage and his art. A memoir. p by twoclear blue eyes whose straight and piercing look told ofloyalty and indomitable energy. There was roguish-ness as well as manliness in that mobile face with itsflattened features, and a certain cool audacity alternatedwith signs of sensitiveness and sparkling fun andgaiety. Remembrances of our native province, our commonlove of the country and of life in the open air, soonestablished kindly relations between us, and after twoor three meetings we had entered upon a close friend-ship. The portrait of the grandfather had won for hima third med
. Jules Bastien-Lepage and his art. A memoir. p by twoclear blue eyes whose straight and piercing look told ofloyalty and indomitable energy. There was roguish-ness as well as manliness in that mobile face with itsflattened features, and a certain cool audacity alternatedwith signs of sensitiveness and sparkling fun andgaiety. Remembrances of our native province, our commonlove of the country and of life in the open air, soonestablished kindly relations between us, and after twoor three meetings we had entered upon a close friend-ship. The portrait of the grandfather had won for hima third medal, and had ensured him a place in thesunshine. It was not yet a money success, but it was acertain degree of fame ; he might go back to hisvillage with his heart at rest, his head high. TheState had just bought his picture, La Chanson duPrintemps (The Hong of Spring), and orders wereIxginning to come in. In 1875 Rastien-Lepage reappeared in the Salonwith La Communiante (The Communicant) and theportrait of M. Simon Hayem, two excellent works.
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