The Song of the Lark
Jules Breton (French, 1827–1906)
1884
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Archival matte paper, 189 g/m² (10.3 mil), sourced from Japan, printed with multicolor water-based inkjet so every brushstroke stays crisp. Framed prints arrive ready to hang in a .75″ ayous-wood frame with an acrylite front.
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About this work
A lone peasant girl pauses her work to listen to a lark singing in the distance. Her emotional response to this moment of natural beauty is accentuated by the glow of the sun rising behind her, suffusing the landscape with golden light.
Jules Breton specialized in scenes of rustic life in the countryside. Having been raised in the rural village of Courrières in northern France, he admired the people living there for their resourcefulness and connection to nature and gained immense popularity by painting them in his idealized style.
- Artist
- Jules Breton (French, 1827–1906)
- Date
- 1884
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Origin
- France
- Style
- 19th century
- Collection
- Painting and Sculpture of Europe
- Reference
- 1894.1033 · Art Institute of Chicago