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'The Stone Pickers' (1887) by Sir George Clausen; Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle upon Tyne |
I got acquainted with the English painter George Clausen, born on April 18, 1852, during the exhibition Illusions of Reality (8 October 2010 - 16 January 2011) at the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam. See here the painting of Clausen that was on display and is called The girl at the gate. I could have chosen that particular painting for this post because it is beautiful but there is so much more that is worthwhile to show you. It was hard to choose one painting and I would suggest you google his name and images. Since Clausen was a painter of landscapes and peasant life, I want to show you one of his outdoor paintings. I think today's painting is beautiful in colour. It's a depiction of a peasant girl picking up stones from the field in order for it to be sown and harvested more easily. Clausen painted this out in the fields around his Hertfordshire home. I am going to cheat one more time and if you click here, you will see a painting that is entirely different but equally beautiful!
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