Carthorses in the Snow, George Hendrik Breitner
‘I will paint the people on the street and in their houses (…) life above all’, wrote Breitner early in his career. His city is Amsterdam, the working city. The horses are viewed from below. They come towards you, panting and steaming in the snow. Breitner’s heart lay with the workers and workhorses.
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