Reapers Resting in a Wheat Field
1885
Under the blazing summer sun, a group of exhausted farmworkers takes a well-deserved break in the shade of a massive haystack, their curved scythes abandoned in the golden stubble. Sargent, best known for his glamorous society portraits, stepped away from the studio to capture this raw, sun-drenched moment en plein air. The loose, energetic brushstrokes shimmer with the heat of the day, showing a master artist playfully experimenting with Impressionist techniques long before it was fashionable.
- Technique
- Oil on canvas
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