Émile Bastien-Lepage

His works include After the War, The Darling of the Meadow and Near Damvillers.

[1] Born in Damvillers to Claude Bastien and Adèle Lepage, he studied under Jules, who also painted his portrait in 1879, a work now in the Musée d'Orsay.

[2] He was a member of the Société des Artistes Français and exhibited at its salon in 1884 and 1889.

He was also a member of the Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts and exhibited at its salon.

In 1889 he also designed a plinth for Auguste Rodin's statue of Jules.

Landscape (Villa Chauve) by Émile Bastien-Lepage, 1884
( Finnish National Gallery )