French School, Laundresses, oil on panel, 17,5x20,5 cm

Artwork by an anonymous artist of the French School, produced using the oil-on-board technique.

The style used is of Impressionist inspiration: the artist prefers colour to outline and drawing; the figures are rendered by essential brushstrokes. The figures are rendered in essential brushstrokes. Here, we see wool workers washing clothes. The setting of the scene is the high mountains. The artist shows care in the rendering of light and shadow. Observing the scene we can almost feel the sun's rays warming us and illuminating our faces.