The English Peasant ArtOf Sir George Clausen(Part 2)

Dateline: 8 March 2014
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Winter Work

In Part 1 of this short series on the peasant art of Sir George Clausen, a commenter said that her family was learning about Jean-Francois Millet in their homeschool lesson, and had never heard of George Clausen. It turns out that there is a collection between Millet and Clausen, as this snippet from an online biography reveals…

Sir George Clausen is often regarded as England's only true successor of Millet both in style and subject matter, the majority of his art revolving around the subject of farm labourers and their work. Although widely recognised as one of the most significant figures in post-Impressionist British painting, George Clausen is still relatively obscure as a printmaker. This is largely due to the small number of prints he made, and to the fact that no serious study has yet been completed on this excellent body of work.

In the next post in this series I will reveal how George Clausen became Sir George Clausen and I'll post a self portrait. But, for now, here are some more of George Clausen's peasant paintings…

(this boy is scaring birds with a wooden clapper)

Ploughing

In The Orchard

Tying The Sheaves

Rickyard Morning

Return From The Fields