Heuvelachtig landschap met korenvelden 1880 - 1911

Pieter Dupont’s pencil drawing depicts a Dutch landscape with cultivated fields. Without more specific details about its date, it’s challenging to pinpoint the drawing within a precise historical or cultural moment, but we can consider landscape art's broader context in European history. Historically, land ownership and agriculture were deeply entwined with social class. The drawing invites reflection on the labor and lives connected to the land. Consider the cultural narratives that romanticize rural life, often obscuring the realities of agricultural work. There’s an emotional connection to the land, both as sustenance and as a source of identity. While seemingly pastoral, landscape art has often served to reinforce particular social and political ideologies. It would be interesting to investigate the drawing as it relates to questions of land use, labor, and the stories we tell ourselves about our relationship to the natural world.