Produced by Juliet Sutherland, Hunter Monroe and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) MASTERPIECES IN COLOUR EDITED BY M. HENRY ROUJON BASTIEN-LEPAGE (1848-1884) IN THE SAME SERIES REYNOLDS CHARDIN VELASQUEZ MILLET GREUZE RAEBURN TURNER SARGENT BOTTICELLI CONSTABLE ROMNEY MEMLING REMBRANDT FRAGONARD BELLINI DÜRER FRA ANGELICO LAWRENCE ROSSETTI HOGARTH RAPHAEL WATTEAU LEIGHTON MURILLO HOLMAN HUNT WATTS TITIAN INGRES MILLAIS COROT LUINI DELACROIX FRANZ HALS FRA LIPPO LIPPI CARLO DOLCI PUVIS DE CHAVANNES GAINSBOROUGH MEISSONIER TINTORETTO GÉRÔME VAN DYCK VERONESE DA VINCI VAN EYCK WHISTLER FROMENTIN RUBENS MANTEGNA BOUCHER PERUGINO HOLBEIN ROSA BONHEUR BURNE-JONES BASTIEN-LEPAGE LE BRUN GOYA [Illustration: PLATE I.--THE SONG OF SPRINGTIME (Museum at Verdun) This is one of the artist's earliest works. A certain embarrassment may be noted in the manner in which the Cupids are treated; even at this period, it is easy to see that allegory is not suited to the precise and realistic talent of this painter; yet the young girl is designed with a vigour which already foreshadows the masterly art of _Hay-making_.] Bastien Lepage BY FR. CRASTRE TRANSLATED FROM THE FRENCH BY FREDERIC TABER COOPER ILLUSTRATED WITH EIGHT REPRODUCTIONS IN COLOUR [Illustration: IN SEMPITERNUM.] FREDERICK A. STOKES COMPANY NEW YORK--PUBLISHERS COPYRIGHT, 1914, BY FREDERICK A. STOKES COMPANY [Illustration: March, 1914] THE·PLIMPTON·PRESS NORWOOD·MASS·U·S·A CONTENTS Page His Youth 16 His Best Years 31 His Premature End 65 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS Plate I. The Song of Springtime Frontispiece Museum at Verdun II. Portrait of M. Wallon 14 Museum of the Louvre III. The Artist's Mother 24 Collection of É. Bastien-Lepage IV. The Hay-making 34 Museum of the Luxembourg V. Portrait of M. Hayem 40 Museum of the Luxembourg VI. Portrait of M. X---- 50 Museum at Verdun