- Artist
- Ford Madox Brown 1821–1893
- Medium
- Oil paint on mahogany
- Dimensions
- Support: 197 × 276 mm
frame: 350 × 425 × 55 mm - Collection
- Tate
- Acquisition
- Purchased 1934
- Reference
- N04735
Online caption
Ford Madox Brown was struck by the perspective lines of turnip fields near his home. He returned 20 times to capture the emerald leaves and blue shadows. The straight rows and bright colour in the work challenged conventional landscape painting and it was rejected from the Royal Academy. For The Hayfield, Brown visited the field at dusk many times to best capture the light of the setting sun and the moon. He painted himself and equipment in the foreground, comparing his labour with the harvesters supervised by the farmer.
Explore
- architecture(30,960)
-
- agricultural(1,066)
-
- farm(852)
- agriculture, gardening & fishing(951)
-
- haystack(66)
- UK countries and regions(24,355)
-
- England(19,202)
- Finchley(5)
- transport: land(2,189)
-
- cart(854)
- agriculture and fishing(1,275)
-
- harvesting(173)