Oil paint on canvas
Tate Collection
Works with images
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Peasants Family
Bequeathed by Sir Otto Beit 1948
animals: mammals
children
dog - non-specific
domestic
drawing water
family
family
girl
jug
landscape
objects
people
society
vessels and containers
wooded
work and occupations
<p>When Opie first came to London, much was made of his humble origins. This painting conforms to his style of heroic, dignified images of ordinary people. One critic wrote, ‘Could people in vulgar life [the working-class] afford to pay for pictures, Opie would be their man’. Little is known of the early history of this painting. There is no documentation to prove without doubt that Opie painted it, but it has always been accepted as by him.</p><p><em>Gallery label, October 2019</em></p>
painting oil paint canvas
1 April 2003 – 12 July 2004
2004-07-12
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2003-04-01
Images of Rural Life
Collection based display
1 September 2007 – 1 January 2008
2008-01-01
1 September 2007 – 1 January 2008
2008-01-01
2007-09-01
Royal Cornwall Museum (Truro, UK)
http://www.royalcornwallmuseum.org.uk
2007-09-01
John Opie: A Celebration of the "Cornish Wonder"
Loan-out
20 May 2019 – 23 February 2020
2020-02-23
20 May 2019 – 23 February 2020
2020-02-23
2019-05-20
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2019-05-20
John Opie
Collection based display
The Peasant’s Family
support: 1537 × 1835 mm
frame:  1800 × 2113 × 146 mm
Bequeathed by Sir Otto Beit 1948
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<p>When Opie first came to London, much was made of his humble origins. This painting conforms to his style of heroic, dignified images of ordinary people. One critic wrote, ‘Could people in vulgar life [the working-class] afford to pay for pictures, Opie would be their man’. Little is known of the early history of this painting. There is no documentation to prove without doubt that Opie painted it, but it has always been accepted as by him.</p>
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animals: mammals children dog - non-specific domestic drawing water family family girl jug landscape objects people society vessels and containers wooded work and occupations