Jules Dupré

Training under Auguste Raffet is recorded. Léon-Victor Dupré and Louis Lemaire are recorded as having studied under Jules Dupré. The recorded working language is French. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are landscape. Works named in the authority record are Broad Way, View in the Woods and Village at night. Work by Jules Dupré is recorded in the collections of Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Minneapolis Institute of Art, Art Institute of Chicago, The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art and National Gallery of Victoria. Distinctions recorded are Officer of the Legion of Honour and Commander of the Legion of Honour.

• Name — Jules Dupré • Born — 5 April 1811 • Birthplace — Nantes • Died — 6 October 1889 • Known for — Landscape paintings • Notable Works — Morning and Evening at the Louvre Crossing the Bridge in the Wallace Collection • Movement — Barbizon school

Dupré was born in Nantes. He exhibited first at the Salon in 1831, and three years later was awarded a second-class medal. In the same year, he came to England where he was impressed by the genius of Constable. From then on, he learned how to express movement in nature; and the districts around Southampton and Plymouth, with their wide, unbroken expanses of water, sky and ground, gave him good opportunities for studying the tempestuous motion of storm-clouds and the movement of foliage driven by the wind. He was named an Officer of the French Légion d'honneur in 1848. Dupré's colour is sonorous and resonant. He showed preference for using dramatic sunset effects and stormy skies and seas as the subjects of his paintings. Late in life he changed his style and gained appreciably in largeness of handling and arrived at greater simplicity in his colour harmonies. Among his chief works are the Morning and Evening at the Louvre, and the early Crossing the Bridge in the Wallace Collection.

Jules Dupré was recorded at birth as Jules Louis Dupré. The authorities additionally record the headings Jules Dupre, Jules-Louis Dupre, J. Dupré, Jules-Louis Dupré and Jules Louis Dupré. His recorded language was French. One child is recorded: Jules Dupré.