The Plough Boy

Artist Henry Herbert La Thangue (Croydon, London, England, 1859 - 1929)

Dateex. 1900

Mediumoil on canvas

ClassificationsPaintings And Drawings

DimensionsOverall: Height: 155 cm, Width: 117.7 cm
Frame: Height: 170.8 cm, Width: 135 cm

AcquisitionPresented in 1901 by Aberdeen Town Council.

CopyrightOut of copyright - CC0

LocationView by Appointment - Aberdeen Treasure Hub

Object numberABDAG002314

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About MeLa Thangue spent the summers of the early 1880s with Stanhope Forbes in Brittany. Square brushes and a lighter palette were soon adopted on these sketching trips. La Thangue abandoned the historical subject pictures which he had previously favoured. Instead he began to paint ordinary working people but, by painting them on a huge scale, as here, he imbued them with a monumentality which suggested at their heroic demeanour, glorifying the noble peasant that was soon to be courted by the socialist movement.

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In later life the English artist La Thangue tended to paint ordinary people in monumental scale, giving their endeavours a heroic flavour