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| Return To Previous Page Lhermitte, Léon 1844-1925 At the tender age of 19, Lhermitte quit his hometown of Mont-Saint-Père for the bright lights of Paris and the tutelage of Lecocq de Boisbaudran. He quickly found his niche with a group of charcoalists who practiced drawing from memory, and exhibited his work in the 1864 Salon to great critical and commercial success. Lhermitte went on to win many awards and prizes for his paintings and drawings, and was made a member of the Légion d'honneur in 1884. His first forays into print making were also quite successful and were generally on the subjects of country scenes and landscapes to which he brought great skill as a draftsman and a delicate touch. His sensitivity toward the peasant, field worker and rural living in general is skillfully captured in his etchings, engravings and woodblock prints (he made only one lithograph). His work was published in both France and England. Although Lhermitte's œuvre also included scenes from Paris and Provence, it is his realistic depictions of nature and the country for which he is best known and most highly regarded. | | |