rural-life

Woman with a Rake (1856–57)

Jean-François Millet (French, 1814–1875)

A woman pauses mid-motion, rake in hand, her sturdy frame silhouetted against the earth. The weight of labor lingers in her bent posture, yet there’s quiet determination in her grip. No idyllic countryside—just raw, unadorned toil. The field stretches ahead, endless under her calloused palms.
Landscape with a Farmhouse and a Peasant Wheeling a Barrow (1865)

Léon Bonvin (French, 1834–1866)

A humble countryside scene where a peasant struggles with a heavy barrow, framed by a weathered farmhouse under brooding skies.
Woman in wheat field (ca. 1897 – ca. 1910)

Luis Astete y Concha (Spanish, 1864–1935)

A woman stands immersed in a wheat field, her presence merging with the golden stalks under fractured sunlight.
Bords Du Loing À Moret (1901)

Camille Pissarro (French, 1830–1903)

A tranquil riverside scene alive with light and movement, where brushstrokes dissolve into the shimmer of water and wind.
Old Woman Gathering Faggots (1865)

Winslow Homer (American, 1836–1910)

A solitary elderly woman gathers firewood in a stark landscape, her quiet labor rendered with raw honesty and quiet dignity.
Meules de blé (1888)

Vincent van Gogh (Dutch, 1853–1890)

A vibrant depiction of wheat stacks under a dynamic sky, bursting with texture and color.
Farmhouse in Provence (1888)

Vincent van Gogh (Dutch, 1853–1890)

A sunlit Provençal farmhouse radiates warmth amid rolling fields, rendered in van Gogh’s dynamic, textured brushwork.
Le Village d’Éragny (The Village of Éragny) (1885)

Camille Pissarro (French, 1830–1903)

A serene countryside scene bathed in sunlight, where cottages and nature blend harmoniously under a soft sky.
Stack of Wheat (1890)

Claude Monet (French, 1840–1926)

A golden wheat stack stands tall under a shifting sky, its textured surface alive with Monet’s vibrant brushwork.