The Weeders (Jules Breton)

The Weeders
The Weeders
Artist	Jules Breton
Year	1868
Medium	Oil on canvas
Dimensions	71.4 cm× 127.6 cm(28.1 in× 50.2 in)
Location	Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Last updated March 15, 2025

The Weeders is an oil on canvas painting by Jules Breton, from 1868. It depicts a group of peasant women working the fields of Northern France. The painting is in the permanent collection of the Joslyn Art Museum in Omaha, Nebraska.

Description

Originally a painter of historical scenes, Jules Breton began to shift with time his focus away from historicity to agrarian scenes. One of the paintings produced as a result of this new focus was The Weeders, which Breton painted after observing a group of farmers in his home town of Courrières picking over a field to clear away weeds and thistle.^[1]

References

↑ "The Weeders". www.metmuseum.org. Retrieved 2018-07-28.

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[1] "The Weeders". www.metmuseum.org. Retrieved 2018-07-28.

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