Heuvellandschap met hoge boom en een kerk op de achtergrond 1874

Emilie Rolin-Jacquemijns made this landscape with a high tree and a church in the background, using etching. Emilie was born into a privileged class, in 1842. She lived during a time when women had limited access to formal art training. Coming from a family of status provided her with opportunities to explore her artistic interests, which many women of lower classes wouldn't have had. This etching embodies an element of emotional tranquility. Consider how gender and class influenced her approach to art. Did she, as a woman in her time, feel societal pressures to create art that was decorative or domestic? Or did she, in some way, develop a form of visual expression that defied those expectations, quietly asserting a perspective shaped by her unique experiences as a woman in a male-dominated art world? Here we see a glimpse into the world as seen through the eyes of a woman living in the 19th century, reflecting both the constraints and the privileges of her time.