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Title
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French Shepherd
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Actual Title
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A Cabbage Garden
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Date (Painted or Exhibited)
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1878
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First Exhibited Location
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Royal Academy
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Catalog Number
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66
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Catalog Description
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A picture in what is called the "Impressionist" school, the method of which is to transfer rapidly to the canvas the general impression of any scene. The Impressionists are thus the complete opposite of the Pre-Raphaelites, of whose work there were several good examples in last year's Exhibition, and who aim at presenting every detail with absolutel fidelity.
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Curators Notes
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The painting is an alternate. It has been chosen as an example of the artist's style because the subject, the type (or genre), and the date align with the painting listed in the catalog. Importantly, this was the first work exhibited by Arthur Melville at the Royal Academy in 1878, and it was viewed as pioneering a new style of painting.
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Alt-Text
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A painting of a man and woman working in a vegetable garden.
