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Carrying Corn
Purchased 1934
adults
afternoon
agricultural
agriculture and fishing
agriculture, gardening & fishing
architecture
astronomy
autumn
cart
corn
England
farm
field
figure
Finchley
harvesting
haystack
landscape
moon
objects
people
places
plants and flowers
seasons
society
sunshine
times of the day
transport: land
turnip
UK countries and regions
UK London
weather
wooded
work and occupations
<p>This intensely coloured painting captures a harvest field just before sunset. Each landscape element is faithfully recorded in jewel-like colours. This is a nostalgic view of rural England, untouched by industrialisation and modern city life. Ford Madox Brown’s view is typical of idealists of the time who believed that an engagement with nature offered spiritual redemption from urban corruption. Brown and his family were facing financial hardship at the time this picture was painted. It was one of a number of ‘potboilers’, modest and straightforward landscapes he hoped would sell easily.</p><p><em>Gallery label, July 2007</em></p>
painting oil paint mahogany
12 February 2004 – 9 January 2005
2005-01-09
12 February 2004 – 3 May 2004
2004-05-03
2004-02-12
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
11 June 2004 – 5 September 2004
2004-09-05
2004-06-11
Alte Nationalgalerie (Berlin, Germany)
28 September 2004 – 9 January 2005
2005-01-09
2004-09-28
Fundació “la Caixa” (Madrid, Spain)
2004-02-12
Pre-Raphaelite Vision: Truth to Nature
Exhibition
1 August 2005 – 30 July 2007
2007-07-30
1 August 2005
2005-08-01
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2005-08-01
The Pre-Raphaelites
Collection based display
24 September 2011 – 3 June 2012
2012-06-03
24 September 2011 – 29 January 2012
2012-01-29
2011-09-24
Manchester Art Gallery (Manchester, UK)
http://www.manchestergalleries.org
25 February 2012 – 3 June 2012
2012-06-03
2012-02-25
Museum voor Schone Kunsten (Ghent, Belgium)
http://www.gent.be/
2011-09-24
Ford Madox Brown: Pre-Raphaelite Pioneer
Loan-out
12 September 2012 – 31 January 2014
2014-01-31
10 June 2013 – 22 September 2013
2013-09-22
2013-06-10
State Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts (Moscow, Russia)
25 January 2014 – 6 April 2014
2014-04-06
2014-01-25
Mori Arts Centre (Tokyo, Japan)
19 April 2014 – 13 July 2014
2014-07-13
2014-04-19
Palazzo Chiablese (Turin, Italy)
2012-09-12
Pre-Raphaelites: Victorian Avant-Garde
Exhibition
17 February 2013 – 31 August 2014
2014-08-31
10 June 2013 – 13 October 2013
2013-10-13
2013-06-10
State Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts (Moscow, Russia)
25 January 2014 – 6 April 2014
2014-04-06
2014-01-25
Mori Arts Centre (Tokyo, Japan)
19 April 2014 – 13 July 2014
2014-07-13
2014-04-19
Palazzo Chiablese (Turin, Italy)
2013-02-17
Pre-Raphaelites: Victorian Avant-Garde
Loan-out
11 May 2016 – 25 September 2016
2016-09-25
11 May 2016 – 25 September 2016
2016-09-25
2016-05-11
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2016-05-11
Painting with Light: Art and Photography from the Pre-Raphaelites to the modern age
Exhibition
14 December 2018 – 19 September 2021
2021-09-19
19 June 2019 – 6 October 2019
2019-10-06
2019-06-19
Palazzo Reale (Milan, Italy)
13 May 2021 – 19 September 2021
2021-09-19
2021-05-13
Hungarian National Gallery (Budapest, Hungary)
2018-12-14
Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood
Tate partnerships & programmes
Carrying Corn
support: 197 × 276 mm
frame: 350 × 425 × 55 mm
Purchased 1934
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<p>Ford Madox Brown was struck by the perspective lines of turnip fields near his home. He returned 20 times to capture the emerald leaves and blue shadows. The straight rows and bright colour in the work challenged conventional landscape painting and it was rejected from the Royal Academy. For The Hayfield, Brown visited the field at dusk many times to best capture the light of the setting sun and the moon. He painted himself and equipment in the foreground, comparing his labour with the harvesters supervised by the farmer.</p>
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adults afternoon agricultural agriculture and fishing agriculture, gardening & fishing architecture astronomy autumn cart corn England farm field figure Finchley harvesting haystack landscape moon objects people places plants and flowers seasons society sunshine times of the day transport: land turnip UK countries and regions UK London weather wooded work and occupations