zine. " Why dont you paint our lovely girls instead of those dreadful creatures? asked a First-Family belle when he was in Virginia, laying up studies for his picture. Because they are the purtiest, he said,in his gruff, final way." (2)Jules Breton was born in 1827 to a wealthy family in Courrieres in northern France. At the age of four his mother died and he was placed under the care of nurses and some extended family. "His early childhood was carefree and joyous, and though much of his time was spent playing in the gardens and fields with companions of inferior social position, he was not raised as a peasant." (1) This open-minded up bringing perhaps influenced his attitudes of lower class laborers expressed in his work. He received a fine education at a Catholic seminary school and attended college of Douai. It is here that he discovered his talent and passion for art. He later studied at the Royal Academy and was guided by artists like Vigne, Haert, and Rude. He also studied at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts. Soon the Revolution was an impact on his life. At twenty years old he witnessed much violence but did not have a passion for Politics. Running from this turmoil, he returned home and found comfort there. This began his works based in Courrieres. Homer and Breton came from different backgrounds and financial situations. Homer was educated by his mother at a very young age whereas Breton was sent to the finest schools , only discovering his love for at at the age of twenty. These facts too explain the severe differences between these two works, and their works throughout their careers. However different their surroundings and subject matter, their works do share an extremely important quality, the type of message conveyed. Breton and Homer both looked passed what others accepted as everyday life. To these men life is more than the class you have been born into. There is an infostructure and roots to every society. ...
