Who painted “Hay Making”?

“Hay Making” was painted by Jules Bastien-Lepage in 1877. Where to see it: Musée d'Orsay.

What to look for

Realism: Academic art paints the same skill on idealised subjects; Impressionism keeps the modern subjects but breaks the paint into light, quick strokes.

Jules Bastien-Lepage (1 November 1848 – 10 December 1884) was a French painter closely associated with the beginning of Naturalism, an artistic style that grew out of the Realist movement and paved the way for the development of Impressionism. Wikipedia

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“Joan of Arc”, 1879
“October (Saison d'octobre)”, 1878
“Village Love”, 1882
“The Beggar”, 1880
“The Wood Gatherer”, 1881
“Portrait of Sarah Bernhardt holding a statue of Orpheus”, 1879
“The artist's grandfather”, 1874
“The grape harvest”, 1880