Scenes of rural life in painting and art

Characteristic features of rural scenes in painting of the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries may include the following elements:

1. Idyllic and romantic rural lifestyle: Artists often depicted the countryside in an idealized light, representing the peaceful and harmonious life of rural residents. This may include pastoral landscapes, farmers at work, rural houses and other rural motifs.
2. Emphasized natural beauty: The painters tried to convey the attractiveness of nature and its elements, such as green meadows, rivers, lakes, mountains or fields. They used bright and saturated colors to embody the liveliness and attractiveness of the countryside.
3. Reflection of rural life and work: Artists depicted rural residents in various occupations related to their daily activities. These can be farmers in the field, shepherds with animals, women at work or rural fairs. They tried to convey the atmosphere and difficulties of rural life.
4. Rural lifestyle as a symbol of national identity: In many countries, rural life was seen as a symbol of national culture and identity. The artists emphasized the national peculiarities and traditions of rural life, reflecting the national character and flavor.
5. Representation of social inequalities: Some artists have used rural scenes to highlight social inequalities and untruths existing in rural societies. They could depict poverty, hard work, or the harsh living conditions of rural residents.

Although these features may be common to different eras and countries, each artist has contributed his own characteristics and interpretation of rural life in his works.

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Village life

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Autumn :: Abel Grimmer	Spring :: Abel Grimmer	Winter :: Abel Grimmer
Paysage :: Alexandre Defaux	Harvest Time :: Alfred Glendening	Harvesting At Luccombe, Isle Of Wight :: Alfred Glendening
In The Cornfields, Near Luccombe, Isle Of Wight :: Alfred Glendening	Near Amberley, Sussex, with Arundel Castle in the Distance :: Alfred Glendening	Resting From The Harvest :: Alfred Glendening
Tavern Scene :: Cornelis Dusart	Village Feast :: Cornelis Dusart	A Cottage Garden :: Curtius Duassut
At the Well :: Edouard Bernard Debat-Ponsan	Herdsman's Repose :: Edouard Bernard Debat-Ponsan	Gipsy at her Toilette :: Edouard Bernard Debat-Ponsan
Rest In The Fields :: Edouard Bernard Debat-Ponsan	The Chicken Run :: Emile Charles Dameron	Siesta :: Frank Duveneck
Die Marchenerzahlerin :: Franz Von Defregger	The Midday Rest :: Friedrich Eckenfelder	A Peasant Girl with a Horse :: Gaetano Esposito
Winter Scene in New Haven :: George Henry Durrie	A Girl On A Sunlit Track Before A Fjord :: Hans Dahl	A Summers Day :: Hans Dahl
An Alpine Landscapewith a Shepherdess and Goats :: Hans Dahl	By The FJord :: Hans Dahl	On The Banks of the Fjord :: Hans Dahl
Returning from Harvesting :: Hans Dahl	Returning From The Fields :: Hans Dahl	The Primrose Gatherer :: Henry Campotosto
Thatched Cottage in Berneval :: Hippolyte Camille Delpy	Les Moissonneurs :: Jacques-Eugene Feyen	Dunes :: Jan van Goyen
Farmyard with Haystack :: Jan van Goyen	Haymaking :: Jan van Goyen	Peasant Huts with a Sweep Well :: Jan van Goyen
L'Accorde de Village :: Jean Baptiste Greuze	Girl Peeling Vegetables :: Jean-Baptiste-Simeon Chardin	The Gossips :: Jean-Charles Cazin
Cattle Grazing :: Johannes-Hubertus-Leonardus de Haas	A Spanish Farm :: Jose Benlliure y Gil	The Goatherders :: Jose Gallegos Y Arnosa
A Milk Maid with Cows and Sheep :: Julien Dupre	A Milkmaid with her Cows on a Summer Day :: Julien Dupre	A Shepherd and his Flock :: Julien Dupre
A Shepherdess with her flock :: Julien Dupre	A Shepherdess With Her Flock :: Julien Dupre	Cows At Pasture :: Julien Dupre
Feeding Time :: Julien Dupre	Haymaking :: Julien Dupre	In the Meadow :: Julien Dupre
The Haymaker :: Julien Dupre	The Milkmaid :: Julien Dupre	The Harvesting of the Hay :: Julien Dupre
La Vachere :: Julien Dupre	The shepherdess of cows :: Julien Dupre	Milkmaid :: Julien Dupre
The Shepherd :: Julien Dupre	The Haymakers Lunch :: Julien Dupre	Rest :: Julien Dupre
Peasant Woman with Cows Sheep :: Julien Dupre	Returning From the Fields :: Julien Dupre	Returning from the Fields :: Julien Dupre
Shepherdess Watching Over Her Flock :: Julien Dupre	Shepherdess with Goat, Sheep and Cow :: Julien Dupre	Shepherdess With Her Flock :: Julien Dupre
The Harvesters :: Julien Dupre	The Milkmaid :: Julien Dupre	The Wheatfield :: Julien Dupre
The Young Shepherdess :: Julien Dupre	A Smith Shoeing an Ox :: Karel Dujardin	Woman Milking a Red Cow :: Karel Dujardin
The Reading Lesson :: Leon Caille	At The Washing Place :: Luigi Chialiva	Guarding the Flock :: Luigi Chialiva
Le Feurage Des Boeufs :: Marie Firmin - Girard	A Highland Burn, Balmacara, Near Kyle Of Lochalsh Watercolor :: Myles Birket Foster	A La Bastille Watercolor :: Myles Birket Foster
Eel Pots, On The Banks Of A River :: Myles Birket Foster	Figures And Children Beneath A Tree In A Village Watercolor :: Myles Birket Foster	Harvest Time :: Myles Birket Foster
Tea Time :: Myles Birket Foster	The Ford :: Myles Birket Foster	The Hay Wain :: Myles Birket Foster
The Shepherd's Rest :: Myles Birket Foster	In The Meadow :: Pascal-Adolphe-Jean Dagnan-Bouveret	In the Stable :: Pascal-Adolphe-Jean Dagnan-Bouveret
Farmyard :: Paul Gustave Fischer	An Autumn Morning :: Paul-Camille Guigou	A village kermesse with a horse-drawn cart in the foreground :: Pieter Gysels
A village scene with peasants strolling by a river bank :: Pieter Gysels	A Spring Festival :: Pietro Gabrini	Feeding the Baby :: Rudolf Epp
Feeding the Chickens :: Rudolf Epp	The Center of Attention :: Theodore Gerard	The Farmer's Children :: Theodore Gerard
The Unexpected Guest :: Theodore Gerard	Trying On Grandmother's Spectacles :: Theodore Gerard	Landscape with a Woodcutter and Milkmaid :: Thomas Gainsborough
Landscape with Cattle :: Thomas Gainsborough	In the Christmas morning :: Agathe Rostel	River Landscape with Rustic Lovers :: Thomas Gainsborough
The Cottage Door :: Thomas Gainsborough	The Harvest Wagon :: Thomas Gainsborough	The Woodcutters' Return :: Thomas Gainsborough
A Cup of Coffee :: Victor Gabriel Gilbert	Haymaking :: Victor Gabriel Gilbert	Le Foyer :: Virginie Demont-Breton
Counting The Bounty :: Alois Hans Schramm	Off To Market :: Anton Romako	The Dance :: Anton Romako
The Gleaners :: Anton Romako	Near Penzance :: Harold Harvey	The Farmers Daughter :: Henry Hetherington Emmerson
Washerwoman by the River :: Hippolyte Camille Delpy	At the Butchers Market :: Johan Mari Ten Kate	The Stable Yard :: John Frederick Herring, Jnr.
The Wood Gatherer :: Anton Mauve	The thief of apples :: Cesar Pattein	The Country Path :: Edward Wilkins Waite
Approaching a Surprise :: Eugene Lepoittevin	The Card Game :: Adrien Ferdinand De Braekeleer	The Village School :: Adrien Ferdinand De Braekeleer
At The Old Fir Tavern on the Derwent Derbyshire :: James Holland	View of Dover :: Charles Robertson	Returning Home :: Charles Sillem Lidderdale
By The Well :: Guillaume Seignac	The Washerwomen :: Leon-Augustin L'hermitte	In workshop :: Ernst Schmitz
The Gleaners :: Frederick Morgan	Young Lady at the Mill Pond :: Ernst Walbourn	The Farmer's Daughter :: George Elgar Hicks
Harvest Time, Lambourne, Berks :: Henry Hillier Parker	Watering the Horses :: Henry Hillier Parker	Faggot Gatherers on a Path :: Henry John Yeend King
Friendly Neighbors :: Henry John Yeend King	Gossips :: Henry John Yeend King	Market Day :: Henry John Yeend King
The Rush Gatherers :: Henry John Yeend King	Waiting for the Ferryman :: Henry John Yeend King	The Gossips :: John Morgan
At the fountain :: Leon-Augustin L'hermitte	April :: Leon-Augustin L'hermitte	The Tedder girl :: Leon-Augustin L'hermitte
Reading lesson :: Leon-Augustin L'hermitte	Paying the Harvesters :: Leon-Augustin L'hermitte	Evening washers :: Leon-Augustin L'hermitte
The Lumberjack's Breakfast :: Leon-Augustin L'hermitte	The Reaper's Clock :: Leon-Augustin L'hermitte	The Gleaners :: Leon-Augustin L'hermitte

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User User Rating: 400 June 6, 2018

Paintings depicting rural life are usually a combination of a rural landscape with heroes who are simple people, engaged in daily simple activities and lead a modest way of life. I like these canvases, they remind us of the sources, demonstrate something essential, fundamental, which is worth remembering, even living in megacities. And landscapes are always felt native, because they are in harmony with the scenes from everyday life, which is essentially the same in different countries. This genre [Expand]

blackhalv User Rating: 12 October 15, 2020

Petrov-Vodkin's (1878-1939) painting "Morning still life" is filled with quiet joy, so it is very pleasant to look at it. The soft morning light falls on a rough table made of warm light wood, on which there are only a few items. A simple glass vase that barely holds fresh wildflowers ??? delicate blue bluebells and bright yellow daisies. Nearby ??? a very simple Breakfast ??? hot tea and boiled eggs. In the Nickel-plated surface of the teapot, you can see the reflection of a wonderful red cat, [Expand]

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