1877
graphite
paper
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Dominant colour
Peasants and Cows [recto] is a 1877 graphite by Eugène Boudin, a Impressionism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This sketch shows a group of people and cows in a loose, quick style. The figures are drawn with light pencil lines—some stand, some sit, and one person leans on a stick. The cows look relaxed, and the scene feels like a busy but ordinary moment in a village. The artist used simple strokes to capture movement and life, not perfect details. This style was common in studies artists did on the spot. Check out Realism to see how artists focused on everyday scenes like this.
Eugène Louis Boudin (French: ; 12 July 1824 – 8 August 1898) was one of the first French landscape painters to paint outdoors.
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