. A short history of art . -a 0 X ra o bli y. o w a 03 m H CO z 4i^. :mvseu:m of art, x. V/ITH COSSACKSBrisk action. THE NATURALISTIC MOTIVE IN FRANCE 559 number of painters who reflect this motive. Jules Bastien-Lepage (184«8-1884) represented peas^int life, sometimeswith a touch of sentiment. Characteristic of his whole aimis the Joan of Arc of the Metropolitan Museum, in whichthe Maid, relieved of all heroic treatment, is shown as asimple country girl, with an expression, however, on her faceof tense earnestness and wonder as a vision appears to peasa

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. A short history of art . -a 0 X ra o bli y. o w a 03 m H CO z 4i^. :mvseu:m of art, x. V/ITH COSSACKSBrisk action. THE NATURALISTIC MOTIVE IN FRANCE 559 number of painters who reflect this motive. Jules Bastien-Lepage (184«8-1884) represented peas^int life, sometimeswith a touch of sentiment. Characteristic of his whole aimis the Joan of Arc of the Metropolitan Museum, in whichthe Maid, relieved of all heroic treatment, is shown as asimple country girl, with an expression, however, on her faceof tense earnestness and wonder as a vision appears to peasant painter, who sometimes brings the personof the Christ into the humble homes of the poor, is LeonAugustin Lhermitte (1844- ), while Jules Breton (1827- 1906) viewed the country people and their surroundingswith the eyes of a Parisian of rather poetic temperamentand Academic bias. On the other hand Charles Cottet(1863- ), living among the fisher folk in Brittany, has depicted them with sympathy and insight. So, also, hasLucien Simon (1861- ), who in these subjec

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