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Description: | Signed: yes Description: This is a realistic and unsentimental portrayal of mussel pickers returning home from the sea in rough weather. Accurate draughtsmanship reflects Poirson's apprenticeship under the academic painter Alexandre Cabanel (1823-1889). Attention is paid to the old woman with a weather-beaten face, and a man and a girl in the foreground, with their distinctive white hats, aprons, clogs and baskets. Faces and poses express exhaustion and disengagement. In the background, figures toil around a horse and cart, whilst ships sail the far horizon on the turquoise sea under a grey sky. This is possibly Les Moulières à Villerville which won Poirson a third prize at the 1875 Paris Salon. | Subjects: | figure; place (Villerville Normandy); everyday life | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Artist: Poirson, Maurice (French artist, 1850-1882) Æ | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=8399... | Go to resource |
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