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| Keywords: Jules Adolphe Aimé Louis Breton - The Close of Day - Walters 3757.jpg Two peasant women rest leaning on their rakes as the sun sets Breton trained in Belgium and in Paris but remained committed to his birthplace Courrières in the Pas-de-Calais department of northern France His early paintings reflect a concern for the plight for the rural poor but his later works tended to romanticize their existence 1865 oil canvas cm 65 5 48 5 ; Framed cm 95 9 79 4 8 9 accession number 37 57 20304 William T Walters Baltimore ca 1865 by purchase from the artist Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by William T Walters ca 1865 Signature Lower right Jules Breton/Courriéres 1865 Jules Breton and the French Rural Tradition The Dixon Gallery and Gardens Memphis; The Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute Williamstown; Joslyn Art Museum Omaha 1982-1983 Redefining Genre French and American Painting 1850-1900 The Dixon Gallery and Gardens Memphis; Society of the Four Arts Palm Beach; Santa Barbara Museum of Art Santa Barbara; Meridian International Center Washington 1995-1996 Before Monet Landscape Painting in France and Impressionist Masters Highlights from The Walters Collection The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1998 Vive la France French Treasures from the Middle Ages to Monet The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1999-2000 A Magnificent Age Masterpieces from the Walters Art Museum Baltimore The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art Kansas City; Mint Museum of Art Charlotte; The Walters Art Museum Baltimore 2002-2004 place of origin France Walters Art Museum license 2D Paintings by Jules Breton Standing Kerchiefs in art French paintings in the Walters Art Museum 1860s paintings from France 1865 paintings Vive la France French Treasures from the Middle Ages to Monet | ||||
