Peasant life in art: paintings, drawings and prints

The Peasant Dance, Pieter Bruegel the Elder

The Peasant Dance, 1568.

The Peasant Dance (museum title)

Pieter Bruegel the Elder (Dutch), oil on panel

Kunsthistorisches Museum, Austria

Card Players (sketch), 1893.

Kortspillere (skisse) (museum title)

Harriet Backer (Norwegian), oil on canvas

National Museum of Norway

A Country Cobbler, 1887.

Bygdeskomakare (museum title)

Harriet Backer (Norwegian), oil on canvas

Nationalmuseum, Sweden

Turning the soil (Composition study for 'Charcoal burners'), Tom Roberts

Turning the soil (Composition study for 'Charcoal burners'), c. 1886.

Turning the soil (Composition study for 'Charcoal burners') (museum title)

Tom Roberts (Australian), oil on wood panel

National Gallery of Australia

Grandmother's Bridal Crown, Adolph Tidemand

Grandmother's Bridal Crown, 1873.

Grandmother's Bridal Crown (museum title)

Adolph Tidemand (Norwegian), oil on canvas

Finnish National Gallery, Finland

Fenaison à Éragny, 1901.

Fenaison à Éragny (museum title)

Camille Pissarro (French), oil on canvas

National Gallery of Canada

Two Italian Peasant Women and a Child, Jean-Léon Gérôme

Two Italian Peasant Women and a Child, 1849.

Deux paysannes italiennes et un enfant (museum title)

Jean-Léon Gérôme (French), oil on canvas

Musée d'Orsay, France

Portrait of Sella Larsdatter Vikør, Adolph Tidemand

Portrait of Sella Larsdatter Vikør, 1871.

Sella Larsdatter Vikør (museum title)

Adolph Tidemand (Norwegian), oil on canvas, mounted on cardboard

National Museum of Norway

The Gardener - Old Peasant with Cabbage, Camille Pissarro

The Gardener - Old Peasant with Cabbage, 1900.

The Gardener - Old Peasant with Cabbage (museum title)

Camille Pissarro (French), oil on canvas

National Gallery of Art, United States

The maid in the kitchen. Study, Anna Ancher

The maid in the kitchen. Study, c. 1883.

Pigen in køkkenet. Studie (museum title)

Anna Ancher (Danish), oil on canvas

Skagens Museum, Denmark

Femmes aux champs, Pierre-Auguste Renoir

Femmes aux champs, 1919.

Femmes aux champs (museum title)

Pierre-Auguste Renoir (French), oil on canvas

Barnes Foundation, United States

The Wedding Dance, Pieter Bruegel the Elder

The Wedding Dance, 1566.

The Wedding Dance (museum title)

Pieter Bruegel the Elder (Dutch), oil on panel

Detroit Institute of Arts, United States

Farmhouse Interior, Skotta, Bærum, Harriet Backer

Farmhouse Interior, Skotta, Bærum, 1887.

Bondeinteriør, Skotta i Bærum (museum title)

Harriet Backer (Norwegian), oil on canvas

National Museum of Norway

Peasant's Cottage, Rochefort-en-Terre, Brittany, Harriet Backer

Peasant's Cottage, Rochefort-en-Terre, Brittany, 1881.

Bondestue i Rochefort-en-terre, Bretagne (museum title)

Harriet Backer (Norwegian), oil on wood panel

National Museum of Norway

Saying Grace (HAF3074), c. 1900.

Bordbøn (HAF3074) (museum title)

Anna Ancher (Danish), oil on canvas

Anchers Hus (Skagens Museum), Denmark

The Village Shop, 1905.

Maalaispuodissa (museum title)

Eero Järnefelt (Finnish), watercolor on canvas

Finnish National Gallery, Finland

La lessive à Éragny, 1901.

La lessive à Éragny (museum title)

Camille Pissarro (French), oil on canvas

QAGOMA, Australia

By the Farmhouse (pure etching state), Carl Bloch

By the Farmhouse (pure etching state), 1884.

Ved bondehuset (museum title)

Carl Bloch (Danish), etching and drypoint

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Peasants Carrying Hay (Paysans portant du foin), Camille Pissarro

Peasants Carrying Hay (Paysans portant du foin), 1900.

Peasants Carrying Hay (Paysans portant du foin) (museum title)

Camille Pissarro (French), etching and drypoint

Rosenwald Collection, United States

Morning. Going to Work (after Millet ), Vincent van Gogh

Morning. Going to Work (after Millet ), 1890.

Morning. Going to Work (after Millet ) (museum title)

Vincent van Gogh (Dutch), oil on canvas

Hermitage Museum, Russia

Peasant life, 1903.

Kansanelämää (museum title)

Albert Edelfelt (Finnish), print

Finnish National Gallery, Finland

Figure Studies

Bondeungdom (museum title)

Anders Askevold (Norwegian), oil on cardboard, mounted on cardboard

National Museum of Norway

Plucking the Geese, 1904.

Julegæssene plukkes (museum title)

Anna Ancher (Danish), oil on canvas

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Portrait of Guro Sivertsdatter Travendal, Adolph Tidemand

Portrait of Guro Sivertsdatter Travendal, 1874.

Guro Sivertsdatter Travendal (museum title)

Adolph Tidemand (Norwegian), oil on canvas, mounted on wood panel

National Museum of Norway

Premiers pas, d'après Millet, Vincent van Gogh

Premiers pas, d'après Millet, 1890.

Premiers pas, d'après Millet (museum title)

Vincent van Gogh (Dutch), oil on canvas

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Seated farmer's wife and farmer wearing a peaked cap, Adolph Tidemand

Seated farmer's wife and farmer wearing a peaked cap, 1873.

Sittende bondekone og bonde med topplue (museum title)

Adolph Tidemand (Norwegian), charcoal and chalk on paper

National Museum of Norway

Portrait Study of the Farmer Jan Sandve, Adolph Tidemand

Portrait Study of the Farmer Jan Sandve, c. 1871.

Bonden Jan Sanve [?]. Studie (museum title)

Adolph Tidemand (Norwegian), oil on canvas, mounted on cardboard

National Museum of Norway

By the Farmhouse (2nd trial proof), Carl Bloch

By the Farmhouse (2nd trial proof), 1884.

Ved bondehuset (museum title)

Carl Bloch (Danish), etching and drypoint

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Felespiller, 1870.

Felespiller (museum title)

Adolph Tidemand (Norwegian), chalk on paper

National Museum of Norway

Old couple plucking gulls. Lars Gaihede and old Lene, Anna Ancher

Old couple plucking gulls. Lars Gaihede and old Lene, c. 1883.

To gamle, der plukker måger. Lars Gaihede og gamle Lene (museum title)

Anna Ancher (Danish), oil on canvas

The Hirschsprung Collection, Denmark

Card Players, 1897.

Kortspillere (museum title)

Harriet Backer (Norwegian), oil on canvas

National Museum of Norway

Paysanne assise. Intérieur à Moret, Camille Pissarro

Paysanne assise. Intérieur à Moret, 1902.

Paysanne assise. Intérieur à Moret (museum title)

Camille Pissarro (French), oil on canvas

Museum of Montserrat, Spain

Dance in the Gopsmor Cottage, Anders Zorn

Dance in the Gopsmor Cottage, 1914.

Dans i Gopsmorstugan (museum title)

Anders Zorn (Swedish), oil on canvas

Zorn Museum, Sweden

Woman at the Loom, Gulsvik, Adolph Tidemand

Woman at the Loom, Gulsvik, 1874.

Kone ved vevstol, Gulsvik (museum title)

Adolph Tidemand (Norwegian), oil on canvas

National Museum of Norway

Portrait of Syneve Larsdatter from Vikør, Adolph Tidemand

Portrait of Syneve Larsdatter from Vikør, 1873.

Syneve Larsdatter, Vikør (museum title)

Adolph Tidemand (Norwegian), oil on canvas

National Museum of Norway

Two old people and their rabbits, Anna Ancher

Two old people and their rabbits, 1892.

To gamle med deres kaniner (museum title)

Anna Ancher (Danish), oil on canvas

The Hirschsprung Collection, Denmark

The Spinner, 1865–1870.

De spinster (museum title)

Henri de Braekeleer (Belgian), oil on canvas

Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp (KMSKA), Belgium

Housewarming Feast at Jukola, Chapter 13, Akseli Gallen-Kallela

Housewarming Feast at Jukola, Chapter 13, 1907.

Tuliaispidot Jukolassa, 13. luku (museum title)

Akseli Gallen-Kallela (Finnish), ink on paper

Finnish National Gallery, Finland

Lavandières au bord de la Touques, Eugène Boudin

Lavandières au bord de la Touques, 1892.

Lavandières au bord de la Touques (museum title)

Eugène Boudin (French), oil on wood panel

Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Israël

By the Farmhouse, 1884.

Ved bondehuset (museum title)

Carl Bloch (Danish), etching and drypoint

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Farm Interior, Strålsjøhaugen, Harriet Backer

Farm Interior, Strålsjøhaugen, 1893.

Interiør fra bondestue, Strålsjøhaugen (museum title)

Harriet Backer (Norwegian), oil on canvas

National Museum of Norway

Repos pendant les foins, Caspar David Friedrich

Repos pendant les foins, 1834.

Repos pendant les foins (museum title)

Caspar David Friedrich (German), oil on canvas

Dresden State Art Collections, Germany

Farm Interior, Knabberud in Bærum, Harriet Backer

Farm Interior, Knabberud in Bærum, 1886.

Interiør fra bondestue, Knabberud i Bærum (museum title)

Harriet Backer (Norwegian), oil on canvas

National Museum of Norway

Preliminary work for Snorre Sturlason, Kings' Sagas, Kristiania 1899, Christian Krohg

Preliminary work for Snorre Sturlason, Kings' Sagas, Kristiania 1899, 1895–1899.

Forarbeid til Snorre Sturlason, Kongesagaer, Kristiania 1899 (museum title)

Christian Krohg (Norwegian), pen on paper

National Museum of Norway

La Méridienne, 1890.

La Méridienne (museum title)

Vincent van Gogh (Dutch), oil on canvas

Musée d'Orsay, France

Illustration for the Saga of Olaf Tryggvason, in Snorre Sturlason's Sagas of the Kings, Christiania 1899, Christian Krohg

Illustration for the Saga of Olaf Tryggvason, in Snorre Sturlason's Sagas of the Kings, Christiania 1899, 1895–1899.

Illustrasjon til "Olav Tryggvasons Saga" i Snorre… (museum title)

Christian Krohg (Norwegian), pen on paper

National Museum of Norway

Kitchen, 1865–1870.

Het keukentje (museum title)

Henri de Braekeleer (Belgian), oil on wood

Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp (KMSKA), Belgium

Paysannes bretonnes, 1894.

Paysannes bretonnes (museum title)

Paul Gauguin (French), oil on canvas

Musée d'Orsay, France

Bridal procession through the forest, Adolph Tidemand

Bridal procession through the forest, 1869–1873.

Brudetog gjennom skogen (museum title)

Adolph Tidemand (Norwegian), charcoal and chalk on paper

National Museum of Norway

Deux Paysannes, 1890.

Deux Paysannes (museum title)

Vincent van Gogh (Dutch), oil on canvas

Foundation E.G. Bührle Collection, Switzerland