A Study of Cattle
1860
watercolor
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
1860
watercolor
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Dominant colour
A Study of Cattle is a 1860 watercolor by Thomas Baker, a Impressionism work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This painting shows a quiet countryside scene with three cows in a grassy field. One cow stands near a tree, while the other two lie down in the shade. The sky is soft with light clouds, and the colors are mostly earthy browns and greens. The artist used loose brushstrokes to capture the light and movement, giving the scene a natural, lived-in feel. This style was common in 19th-century landscape painting. Next, check out Realism to see more works that focus on everyday life.
A watercolour study of cattle by Thomas Baker, dated 1860, bearing the artist's signature.
Read the full account in the museum source.
Thomas Baker painted careful watercolor studies of livestock in the 1860s. Two of his works in this bundle are titled A Study of Cattle, dated 1860 and 1862. These sheets show cows and bulls in fields with simple lines…
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