1804
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
Dominant colour
A Shepherd with His Flock is a 1804 by Charles Jacque, a Romanticism work, depicting Hunting, held at Cleveland Museum of Art.
Soft morning light falls on a shepherd in a blue cap. He walks beside a crowd of sheep. A dog follows close behind. The field is green and dotted with wildflowers. Jacque loved rural life. He moved to Barbizon with Millet. There, artists painted nature and people working together. See how the light plays on the wool? Feels like you could step right into the field. Look up Charles-Émile Jacque (French, 1813–1894) next.
The notion of the pastoral ideal is made explicit in the work of Jacque. In 1849, along with Jean-François Millet, Jacque moved to the village of Barbizon, which by then was an established artist’s colony. There he painted, drew, and etched rustic landscapes in which man and nature coexist in perfect harmony.
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Charles-Émile Jacque (23 May 1813 – 7 May 1894) was a French painter of Pastoralism and engraver who was, with Jean-François Millet, part of the Barbizon School. He first learned to engrave maps when he spent seven years in the French Army.
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