The harvest painted by Anna Ancher, Lhermitte, Adrian Stokes, Nikolai Astrup, John Linnell, Félix Vallotton, PS Krøyer, Gérôme, and others.
Ancher
An umbrella Madonna, parasols of the nobility, in soirées on the beach, the rise of the white parasol and arrival of Japonisme, with Sargent and Sorolla, and in California.
Keeping the aspidistra flying in the homes of the respectable middle classes, in paintings from Carl Larsson to Paul Signac and Harriet Backer.
Learning how to sew, gossiping over sewing, or sitting apart, professional seamstresses, Gauguin’s odd nude, and Vallotton’s sewing maid.
Sewing for Garibaldi’s redshirts, the flag of a castle, Sir Lancelot, fishermen and sailors, Pentecost costumes, and other purposes.
Knitting and crochet as a sign of history, Welsh identity, the bored chaperone, the height of a party, or a peaceful and productive pastime.
More from Raphael, Reynolds, and the artist’s family of FrĂ©dĂ©ric Bazille, Lovis Corinth and others. All you need to know is who, where and when.
Was ripe wheat cut using a sickle, hook, or scythe? Paintings from 1565 to 1890 show a preference for scythes when men were available.
From the calm of Vernet’s Italian coast, through Heligoland, to Monet at Honfleur, and the Straits of Bosporus.
With the Danish and other Nordic Impressionists, Anna Ancher, her husband Michael, and Christian Krohg, in this artists’ colony.
The Eclectic Light Company 