BRETON, JULES ADOLPHE AIME LOUIS 1906), French painter, was born on May 1, 1827, at Courrieres, Pas de Calais, France, and died on July 4, 1906. He was sent in 1843 to Ghent, to study under de Vigne, and in 1846 to Baron Wappers at Antwerp. Finally he worked in Paris under Drolling. His first efforts were in historical subjects, "Saint Piat preaching in Gaul" ; then, under the influence of the revolution of 1848, he painted "Misery and Despair." In 1853 he exhibited the "Return of the Harvesters" at the Paris Salon, and the "Little Gleaner" at Brussels. Thenceforward he was essentially a painter of rustic life, especially in the province of Artois.