Jules Breton · 1895
France · 1827–1906
Jules Adolphe Aimé Louis Breton was a 19th-century French naturalist painter. His paintings are heavily influenced by the French countryside and his absorption of traditional methods of painting helped make him one of the primary transmitters of the beauty and idyllic vision of rural existence.
The Gleaners
Jules Breton · 1854
National Gallery of Ireland
The Gleaners is an oil-on-canvas painting by Jules Breton, from 1854. The painting depicts an idealized version of peasant life. It is held in the National Gallery of Ireland, in Dublin.
