What man touches, he can become master of, but to paint tha… - Jules Dupré

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What man touches, he can become master of, but to paint that sky [French Riviera] without clouds, that well of light, is as hopeless a task as it would be to sound its depths.

Jules Dupré

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Jules Dupré (5 April 1811 – 6 October 1889) was a French landscape painter and one of the chief artists of the Barbizon school; characteristic exponents of his painting style are the tragic and dramatic aspects in his landscape paintings.

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Birth Name: Jules Louis Dupré

Alternative Names: Jules Dupre • Jules-Louis Dupre • J. Dupré • Jules-Louis Dupré • J. Dupre • Jules Louis Dupre • I. Dupré • jul. dupre • Dupre • Juels Dupré • j dupre • Dupré J. • Dupre Jules • j. dupre

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