Dimensions: Height: 46 in (116.84 cm)Width: 58.5 in (148.59 cm)Depth: 2.5 in (6.35 cm) Hay Gatherer at Rest in the Field by Francois Alfred Delobbe 1881 Oil on Canvas

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A beautiful large and important masterpiece by Francois Alfred Delobbe.

A similar artwork old master was sold April 18 2008 at Sotheby's for $181,000.00 + 20%

Delobbe's two most powerful inspirations were his deep connection to the French countryside and William Bouguereau, his teacher at the École des Beaux-Arts. Born in Paris and absorbed in his studies for so many years, the young artist had few opportunities to escape the city. It was not until Delobbe journeyed to Concarneau, the native home of his friend and fellow artist Alfred Guillou, that he began to explore Brittany's rocky fields and ancient villages. While the region was painted by many of Delobbe's contemporaries, most famously Jules Breton, Delobbe's Parisian upbringing perhaps made him particularly sensitive to the effects of the open skies, verdant fields, and sweeping, sandy beaches. Most of his traveling took place in spring and summer, and he used the plein air sketches completed then during the winter in his City Studio. Many of his favorite models came from the areas around Beuzec-cap-Sizun and Lanriec,

As with his mentor's canvases, Delobbe's smooth brushwork erases the presence of the painter and creates a balance between immobile, static form and rich surface details, textures, and colors. Visual evidence that a rustic, rural way of life remained, such portraits eased late nineteenth century anxieties about France's growing industrialization. There is a naturalistic truth to Delobbe's representation of the Characters, the skin slightly reddened by rough winds and harsh sun, taking a break on a pile of Hay by her infant and older daughter. Almost effortlessly, from her tool to the back right side, while on her lap rests a large sifting tool. While this process was notoriously labor-intensive, Delobbe's working woman reveals little of the effort involved. With her stoic stance and calm expression the artist creates an epic figure to join the ranks of Breton's strong-armed field hand in or the maid busy haying in Julien Dupré's The Harvester (figs 2, 3). In her solemnity, Delobbe's sifter becomes an icon of rural labor, her powerful strength and work never ceasing, her connection to the land monumental, yet sensitively portrayed.

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