1868
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
Dominant colour
The Roller is a 1868 by Charles Jacque, a Impressionism work, held at Cleveland Museum of Art.
This sketch shows a farmer guiding three horses hitched to a plow. The ground is turned up in rows, and the animals pull steadily forward. In the background, a fence and a few trees line a field under a cloudy sky. The artist focused on the hard work of farming, showing the horses’ muscles and the farmer’s focused stance. This style was common in Realism, which aimed to depict everyday life truthfully. Check out Realism to see how artists used plain scenes to tell stories.
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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