Breton
JULES ADOLPHE (bratôn'), a French painter, born in Courrières, in 1827; was educated at St. Omer and at Douai, and trained as a painter under Félix Devigne at Ghent, and in Drölling's atelier at Paris. The subjects of his earlier pictures, such as "Misère de Désespoir" (1849), are taken from the French revolutionary period; but he soon turned to the scenes from peasant life which he has treated in a most poetic and suggestiv manner, with an admirable union of style with realism. In 1853 he exhibited "Le Retour des Moissonneurs," and in 1855 his celebrated "Les Glaneuses." He is represented in the Luxembourg by "La Bénédiction des Blés" (1857), "Le Rappel des Glaneuses" (1859), and "Le Soir" (1861). An author of note, Breton wrote poetry and prose with equal facility. He died July 5, 1906.