1855
oil
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
A Bull in a Normandy Pasture is a 1855 oil by Jacques Raymond Brascassat, a Impressionism work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
You see a bull standing in a green pasture with trees in the background. The bull is the main focus of the painting, but the landscape is also important. The artist spent time studying nature to get details like this right, which is why the scene feels so calm and realistic. To learn more about this style, look up the movement: Realism.
A bull stands on a small embankment, stretching upward to reach leaves, with an expansive field in the middle ground and hazy hills receding into the distance. The work exemplifies Brascassat’s approach to landscape painting, integrating animals with natural settings in a manner influenced by 17th-century Dutch animal art. It reflects the mid-19th-century French Realist tendency to depict subjects with direct observation and anatomical precision. The scene aligns with the Barbizon school’s focus on natural light and rural environments, though Brascassat’s emphasis on animal form distinguishes…
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Jacques Raymond Brascassat (August 30, 1804 – February 28, 1867) was a famous French painter noted for his landscapes, and in particular his animal paintings.
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