Landscape with a herd at the forest edge (1834)
Andreas Schelfhout1834 · Landscape · Public domain
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Provenance and rights
- Rights
- Public domain (artist died 1870)
Specifications
- Year
- 1834
- Nationality / school
- Dutch
- Lifespan
- 1787–1870
About the artwork
Dated 1834, "Landscape with a herd at the forest edge" is an artwork by Andreas Schelfhout. Historical background, 1834: The first half of the nineteenth century moved from Neoclassicism to Romanticism, which placed emotion, nature, and the sublime at the centre of painting. Landscape gained new prestige through groups such as the Barbizon painters in France and the Hudson River School in the United States, and by mid-century Realism turned to ordinary people and everyday labour. Landscape, a short history: Painters have used landscape to study light, weather, season, and the relation between people and place. The invention of paint in tubes in the 1840s made it easier to work outdoors, and landscape became a main subject of Romanticism, Realism, and Impressionism. It is listed in the Landscape collection. The image is in landscape orientation.
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About the artist
Dutch, 1787–1870
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