Village Gossip
Artist/Maker
DatesSigned: 1886
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Dimensionsh x w x d: Målning 97,5 x 130,8 x 3 cm h x w x d: Ram 131,5 x 163,5 x 9,3 cm
Inventory numberNM 2222
AcqusitionBequest 1920 Wholesale Dealer Herman Friedländer
Other titlesTitle (sv): Byskvaller Title (en): Village Gossip
DescriptionDescription: In their endeavours to paint realistically artists sought out for instance different settings that could be considered genuine. Rural scenes became very popular. The Swedes followed the example of the French painter Jules Bastien-Lepage, who rendered the simple and often demanding lives with great accuracy, often with the help of photographic originals. Here Ernst Josephson has done the same and captured an everyday scene in which a few women have stopped to chat. Exhibition text: In the small village of Gargillese in central France, Josephson worked in the summer of 1886 on a depiction of rural life in the spirit of Bastien-Lepage and the French naturalists. Idyllic scenes from the countryside were popular, but an unusually threatening atmosphere hangs over Village Gossip. A group of elderly peasant women have gathered together and are gossiping, while a younger peasant woman stands aside with a bucket in her hand, not daring to approach.
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TechniquePainting
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