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Breton girl tending plants[edit]

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OriginalBreton girl looking after plants in a hothouse (Danish: Bretagne-pige ordner planter i et drivhus), 1884. Don't even attempt the Danish title unless you've had a few drinks (or you are Danish). Petersen took a subject that was traditionally thought appropriate for women to paint, horticulture, and used it as the setting for her real subject, the Breton girl (described as "looking like a bit of a psycho" by non-reliable sources, and "with a inner life of great strength" by more reliable ones)
Reason
Interesting painting by a underknown (yes, I made that word up; so what?) Danish female artist (nominating a work by a Danish female artist, Belle? You are so unpredictable.), demonstrating in its choice of subject matter the growing confidence of Danish women painters around Petersen's time.
Articles in which this image appears
Anna Petersen, National Gallery of Denmark
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Paintings
Creator
Anna Petersen

Promoted File:Bretagne-pige ordner planter i et drivhus.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 12:20, 21 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]