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Description: | A man, woman and child sit on a grassy slope with their dogs, watching their goats grazing below. A wooden gate, a fence and some trees crown the horizon. Although this rather naturalist subject is less usual among Monticelli's works, this painting demonstrates well his distinctive technique. The composition and upward perspective convey the steepness of the incline, while the contrasting colours and rich surface texture create a vivid sense of movement and light. Highly renowned in his own lifetime, it is unsurprising that younger artists, such as Vincent Van Gogh, were strongly influenced by Monticelli's works. | Subjects: | goat); landscape everyday life; figure; animal (dog | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Artist: Monticelli, Adolphe Joseph Thomas (French painter, 1824-1886) Æ | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=9013... | Go to resource |
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