1860
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
Dominant colour
The Large Sheepfold is a 1860 by Charles François Daubigny, a Impressionism work, held at Cleveland Museum of Art.
This drawing shows a flock of sheep huddled in a fenced field. Behind them, a few trees and a distant building sit under a sky full of tiny birds. The lines are simple and sketchy, with no color—just black and white. The artist focused on everyday rural life, not fancy scenes. The sheep look real but not detailed, like a quick sketch. Next, check out Realism to see more art that shows ordinary life plainly.
Charles-François Daubigny ( DOH-bin-yee, US: DOH-been-YEE, doh-BEEN-yee, French: ; 15 February 1817 – 19 February 1878) was a French painter, one of the members of the Barbizon school, and is considered an important precursor of impressionism.
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