Happy Birthday Jules Breton!! Born on May Day, May 1, 1827, Jules Breton was a French Realist painter. He was brought up by his father, after his mother died when he was young. He studied in Paris, and became acquainted with other Realist painters. His paintings of the French countryside present a sublime, peaceful existence. It is reported that Vincent Van Gogh was so impressed with his work he once walked 85 miles to meet him, but turned away after becoming discouraged by the high wall surrounding Breton's property. He was also a writer, publishing his poems. This painting is called simply, Summer.
Happy Birthday Peggy Bacon!! American printmaker and illustrator, born on May 2, 1895, in Connecticut to parents who were also artists. She lived with her parents in Paris when she was nine until age eleven, educated by private tutors. She trained at the Art Students League in New York, where she met her future husband, just as her parents had met years earlier. She contributed illustrations to the New Yorker and Vanity Fair and also illustrated books. She and her husband had one daughter after moving to London, England. The illustration included here is titled Greed.
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