Haymaking in the Auvergne

Haymaking in the Auvergne (French: Fenaison d'Auvergne or La fenaison en Auvergne) is an 1855 oil painting by French artist Rosa Bonheur. It measures 215 cm × 422 cm (85 in × 166 in).

After her first great artistic success, Ploughing in the Nivernais exhibited at the Salon of 1849, Bonheur showed studies of two new paintings to French Minister of Fine Arts Charles de Morny, Duke of Morny. He rejected one, The Horse Fair, and commissioned Haymaking in the Auvergne instead. Bonheur focussed on completing The Horse Fair first, and De Morny attempted to change his mind after its good reception at the Paris Salon of 1853.

The painting depicts the loading of a hay onto a cart pulled by four oxen. The beasts to the right wait patiently, attended by a man in wide-brimmed hat. Other men are cutting grass with scythes, while women rake up the hay, and other people use pitchforks to lift the hay onto…

摘自英文维基百科「Haymaking in the Auvergne」（CC BY-SA 4.0），暂时没有中文条目。