Spring Plowing
- Artist
- Edvard Munch
- Date
- 1916
- Style
- Expressionism
- Genre
- Genre painting
- Location
- Munch Museum
"Spring Plowing" is a vibrant genre painting that captures rural labor during the planting season. Executed with rich oil paints on a canvas, it emphasizes the physicality and vitality of the workers through bold, expressive brushstrokes characteristic of Expressionism. The scene portrays farmers plowing fields in springtime, highlighting everyday life with a raw, emotional intensity that transcends mere representation, offering viewers a visceral glimpse into agricultural labor and seasonal renewal.
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