Sheepwashing
| Sheepwashing | |
|---|---|
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| Artist | David Wilkie |
| Year | 1817 |
| Type | Oil on canvas, landscape painting |
| Dimensions | 90 cm × 137 cm (35 in × 54 in) |
| Location | Scottish National Gallery, Edinburgh |
Sheepwashing is an 1817 landscape painting by the British artist David Wilkie.[1] It depicts a rural scene of shepherds washing sheep near a watermill. Wilkie was an admirer of Dutch landscapes of the seventeenth century by Jacob van Ruisdael and Meindert Hobbema and the painting is reminiscent of their styles.[2] It has been described as the only "pure landscape" that Wilkie ever exhibited.[3]
The painting was displayed at the British Institution's annual exhibition in 1817.[4] It was inspired by sketches he had made during an 1815 visit to Wiltshire. The scene shows the village of Fisherton de la Mere on the River Wylye near Salisbury.[5] Today the painting is in the collection of the Scottish National Gallery, having been acquired in 1911.[6] A watercolour study for the work is in the collection of the Royal Academy in London.[7]
References
[edit]- ^ Wright, Gordon, & Smith p.824
- ^ https://www.nationalgalleries.org/art-and-artists/5573/sheepwashing
- ^ Tromans p.79
- ^ Tromans p.10
- ^ Tromans p.79
- ^ https://www.nationalgalleries.org/art-and-artists/5573/sheepwashing
- ^ https://www.royalacademy.org.uk/art-artists/work-of-art/study-for-sheepwashing
Bibliography
[edit]- Tromans, Nicholas. David Wilkie: The People's Painter. Edinburgh University Press, 2007.
- Wright, Christopher, Gordon, Catherine May & Smith, Mary Peskett. British and Irish Paintings in Public Collections: An Index of British and Irish Oil Paintings by Artists Born Before 1870 in Public and Institutional Collections in the United Kingdom and Ireland.
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