To Pastures New

Artist Sir James Guthrie (Greenock, Scotland, 1859 - 1930)

Date1883

Mediumoil on canvas

ClassificationsPaintings And Drawings

Dimensions92 × 152.3cm
Frame Size: 128.2 x 188.4 x 7.8cm

AcquisitionPresented in 1888 by Francis Edmond.

CopyrightOut of copyright - CC0

LocationOn Display - Gallery 01

Object numberABDAG002346

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Historic Title

The Goose Girl

About MeTo Pastures New is today considered to be one of the key pictures of the so-called 'Glasgow Boys', the group of young painters who, in the 1880s, were deeply influenced by French Realism, and by Millet and Bastien-Lepage in particular.

The setting for this painting is Crowland, in the flat fenlands of Lincolnshire. In spite of the modest subject matter the ponderous birds and their herd-girl have, through the artist's handling of them, achieved the monumentality of a processional frieze. This impression is emphasised by the dominant horizontals, the proportions of the picture and the placing of the figures in the extreme foreground.

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The subject matter is modest (quack quack!), but the composition conveys a frieze-like quality to the image.

Exhibitions

Gallery 01 - Collecting Art