The Song Of The Lark Painting

The Song Of The Lark Painting. The Song of the Lark Painting by Eric Glaser The lark (encircled) in Jules Breton's Song of the Lark (1884) painting; Jules Breton, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Bill Murray talks about the painting that stopped him from committing suicide after being asked if there were a moment how art has made a difference in his life

Apart from being select­ed as Amer­i­ca's favorite paint­ing in 1934, it was also Eleanor Roo­sevelt's favorite work of art,. The lark (encircled) in Jules Breton's Song of the Lark (1884) painting; Jules Breton, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

JulesAdolphe Breton The Song of the Lark, 1884 at Art Institute of Chicago IL Art institute

He hoped to meet Breton and ended up walking miles. At the Century of Progress, the 1934 Chicago World's Fair, First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt unveiled The Song of the Lark as the winner of the Chicago Daily News contest to find the "most beloved work of art in America" Bill Murray talks about the painting that stopped him from committing suicide after being asked if there were a moment how art has made a difference in his life

The Song Of The Lark By Jules Adolphe Breton Print or Painting Reproduction. She also declared it her personal favorite painting, [2] saying "At this moment The Song of the Lark had come to represent the popular American artistic taste on a national level." When creating Song of the Lark, French realism painter Jules Breton could not predict the cultural hold his painting would have on an American audience.As the Industrial Revolution continued its capitalistic dominance across the Western world, art was shifting from the surreal, longing of romanticism to the more grounded, accuracy of realism

The Song of the Lark, The Painting That Saved Bill Murray’… Flickr. At the Century of Progress, the 1934 Chicago World's Fair, First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt unveiled The Song of the Lark as the winner of the Chicago Daily News contest to find the "most beloved work of art in America" Murray entered the building and was transformed after seeing "The Song Of The Lark," a painting by 19th-century French Naturalist Jules Adolphe Breton