1882(Salon of 1882)
7' 3/4'' x 8' 11''(215 x 272 cm)
RF 333
38946
The Cobblers
mk142
1880
Oil on canvas
53x66cm
51865
Washerwoman in Laundry
mk221
1883
82.6x115.6cm
Leon Lhermitte
1844-1925 was a French painter and etcher of the late nineteenth century. A student of Lecocq de Boisbourdran, he was a realist artist whose primary subject matter was of rural scenes depicting the peasant worker. He gained recognition after his show in the Paris Salon in 1864. His many awards include the French Legion of Honour (1884) and the Grand Prize at the Exposition Universelle in 1889. Lhermittees innovative use of the then contemporary media of pastels won him the admiration of his contemporaries. Vincent Van Gogh wrote that. If every month Le Monde Illustre published one of his compositions.
