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In the Fields in June
CLAUSEN, George (1852 - 1944)
Date: 1914
Media: oil on canvas
Size: 183.0 x 213.7 cm
Acquired: 1914; Purchase
Accession Number: NMW A 176
Born and trained in London, Clausen specialised in scenes of rural life and was preoccupied with the effects of light. Sketches reveal that he originally intended to portray six or seven labourers in this unusually large canvas. The subject matter recalls Millet, but the extensive sky is reminiscent of recent Dutch paintings of the Hague School.
This work is currently on display:
Gallery 15
National Museum Cardiff, level 4
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