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Anguish (French: Angoisses or Angoisse) is an 1878 oil painting by August Friedrich Schenck. It depicts an anguished mother sheep standing over the dead body of her lamb, surrounded by a murder of crows. Perhaps Schenck's most famous painting, it is held by National Gallery of Victoria, in Melbourne, Australia since 1880. The painting was an ...
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Anguish, [4] perhaps his most famous painting, is an oil-on-canvas work showing a ewe grieving over the dead body of her lamb as they are encircled by ominous black crows. [5] It was acquired by the National Gallery of Victoria in Melbourne in 1880. [4] In 1885 he became knight of the Legion of Honour. [6] Schenck died in Écouen near Paris.
Shearing the Rams is an 1890 painting by Australian artist Tom Roberts.It depicts sheep shearers plying their trade in a timber shearing shed.Distinctly Australian in character, the painting is a celebration of pastoral life and work, especially "strong, masculine labour", and recognises the role that the wool industry played in the development of the country.
The authors selected Laugée's painting Bergere et Mouton (Shepherdess and Lamb, see illustration in gallery below), a "charming picture" of a shepherdess feeding her favorite lamb. "It is a simple story the artist has chosen to tell; but he has set it in a scene of tender and idyllic beauty, thoroughly appropriate to the gentle theme of ...
Our English Coasts, also known as Strayed Sheep, is an oil-on-canvas painting by William Holman Hunt, completed in 1852. [1] It has been held by the Tate Gallery since 1946, acquired through The Art Fund .
Cornelius van Leemputten is predominantly known for his landscapes with sheep, similar in style to those of Charles Jacque. He was well known for his barnyard subjects. He was also influenced by the Romantic scenes with cattle by the Belgian artist Eugène Joseph Verboeckhoven , which he reinterpreted in a more realistic manner. [ 3 ]
In a biographical article, Tanner wrote of his experience of owning and painting a sheep while at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts. [15] Study of a sheep's head. Tanner switched his interest from marine painting to painting animals. [14] Head of a Sheep [14] Private collection. Oil on canvas, on board, 10 1/2x10 in. (267x254 mm) [14] 1881 [16]