Tamme dieren 1903 - 1919

This lithograph titled Tamme Dieren, meaning tame animals, was made by Arie Willem Segboer. It’s a real mixed bag of vignettes, kind of like a sampler of farm life, with a colour palette that’s muted but strangely comforting, it looks as though it could have been made with watercolours. Check out the bottom left corner where there is a dog plunging it's snout into a bucket. The artist’s used a light touch, almost airy, with the way they've layered the colours. I wonder if it's meant to be a mother and son? The animals really speak for themselves, don’t they? It reminds me a bit of some folk art I’ve seen, in that it’s a very personal and unpretentious take on the genre, but it also speaks to a deep, abiding appreciation for domesticity. Art isn’t about perfection, it’s about feeling, and this piece has it in spades.