In Search of a Reputation: Bastien-Lepage

By Neil Miley

The War of 1870 has been over for a year.A young artist emerges in the turmoil of a defeated Francerebuilding with an unsteady form of government and still occupied by the armies of the newly formed German Empire.Recovering from wounds, finding allies in a range of classesdeveloping a self understanding and building alliances insidethe Academic arts community, presents a series of obstaclesto the young mans progress.The greatest obstacle is the one he must solve himself. Howbest to be an independent artist.At the Salon of 1874 the young man has a great success butdoes not quite understand why his success has occurred.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0648967735
• ISBN13: 9780648967736
• Release Date: October 2020
• Publisher: Upside Down Inside Out Art
• Length: 170 Pages
• Weight: 0.52 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"