Like many Scandinavian artists, Hugo Frederik Salmson travelled to Paris at the start of his career to continue his studies. In the late 1870s he was a celebrated artist at the Salon there. His idealised, slightly theatrical paintings were admired by his contemporaries. His work focuses on rural life in Picardy as well as in Skane in Southern Sweden, which he visited every summer from 1883 onwards. Visiting the Tenant Farmerswife was probably painted in this region and depicts four chattering country women seated at a long, heavy rustic table. The painting exudes an atmosphere of peace and harmony and reflects what Salmson regarded as the idyllic countryside.
| Artist |
Hugo Frederik Salmson
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| Title | Visiting the Tenant Farmer |
| Date | ca. 1886 |
| Period | 19th century |
| Signatures, inscriptions, and markings | signatures (names) bottom left: HUGO SALMSON |
| Collection | paintings AAT |
| Object type | oil paintings (visual works) AAT |
| Inventory number | 1886-J |
| Acquisition credit |
purchase
salon Ghent 1886 |
| Current whereabouts | Work on display |
| Permalink | https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/1886-J |
| IIIF Manifest | https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/262/manifest.json |
| Art & Architecture Thesaurus | 300139140 genre pictures AAT |
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| Keywords Iconclass |
22C
light
Iconclass
22C1 natural light Iconclass 22C5 reflection (light in general) Iconclass 22C8 shadow Iconclass 24A8 sunlight Iconclass 25I3 farm or solitary house in landscape Iconclass 31A72 female sex; woman Iconclass 31B6213 looking sideways Iconclass 31D111 infant, baby ~ the ages of man Iconclass 31D112 child Iconclass 31D11221 boy (child between toddler and youth) Iconclass 31D120 Youth, Adolescence, 'Iuventus'; 'Adolescenza', 'Gioventu' (Ripa) Iconclass 31D15 adult woman Iconclass 31D17 old woman Iconclass 32B311(SWEDES) Europeans (SWEDES) Iconclass 41A17 farm (building) Iconclass 41A171 barn Iconclass 41A2 interior of the house Iconclass 41A221 living-room, parlour, sitting-room Iconclass 41A3321 closed window Iconclass 41A343 ladder Iconclass 41A4 decorations (interior of the house) Iconclass 41A711 table Iconclass 41A723 bench Iconclass 41AA17 farm (building) - AA - civic architecture: inside Iconclass 41C12 drinking Iconclass 41C31 table-ware Iconclass 41C313 spoon Iconclass 41C32 drinking-vessels Iconclass 41C321 cup Iconclass 41C341 dish, plate, saucer Iconclass 41C7211 cup of coffee Iconclass 42A3 mother and baby or young child Iconclass 42A411 cradle, crib Iconclass 42B12 mother-love Iconclass 42B7 family life Iconclass 42G2112 mother (first degree family relationships) Iconclass 42G2121 son (first degree family relationships) Iconclass 42G2122 daughter (first degree family relationships) Iconclass 46A14 farmers Iconclass 46AA14 farmers - AA - female farmer, farmer's wife Iconclass 46B414 hiring, leasing Iconclass 61D(SWEDEN) geographical names of countries, regions, mountains, rivers, etc. (names of cities and villages excepted) (SWEDEN) Iconclass |
| School / Style | naturalism (artistic form of expression) AAT |
| Catalogus van het Museum van Schoone Kunsten Gent : II: Moderne Meesters / Georges Chabot, Fritz Van Loo. - Gent : Ad. Hoste, 1932 (p. 129) |
| De vrienden van Scribe : De Europese smaak van een Gents mecenas (tentoonstelling Gent, Museum voor Schone Kunsten, 12 december 1998 - 14 maart 1999) / Monique Tahon-Vanroose, Robert Hoozee. - Gent : Snoeck-Ducaju & Zoon, 1998 ; Antwerpen : Pandora, 1998 (p. 75, 79 (ill), 205 (ill.)) |
| Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent : Catalogus schilderkunst ; Deel I: 14de - 18de eeuw ; Deel II: 19de - 20ste eeuw / Robert Hoozee, Johan De Smet, Bruno Fornari, Ruth Monteyne. - Gent : Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent, 2007 (dl. II, p. 286-287 (ill.)) |
| Het Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent : een keuze uit de mooiste werken / Patrick De Rynck. - Gent : Ludion, 2007 (p. 70-71 (ill.)) |
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