Description
Ploughing by George Clausen shows pair of white oxen pulling a plough across a pale field, with a farmer walking behind them. The oxen move side by side across the foreground, harnessed to a plough. A farmer follows behind and guides the implement through the ground.
About Ploughing Oil Painting Reproduction
The field is broad and light, with low vegetation and a distant line of trees under a pale sky. The animals and plough create dark outlines against it.
The direction of the oxen and tool makes a clear horizontal path across the scene. Their large white bodies occupy the center, while the farmer stands farther back.
The scene is organized around white oxen, wooden plough, farmer, open field. Its placement helps distinguish the main subject from the setting and offers a clear point of reference.
white oxen, wooden plough, farmer, open field sits alongside other visible forms rather than appearing alone. Their arrangement connects parts of the scene and gives it structure.
Light and color define white oxen, wooden plough, farmer, open field. Nearby tones shift between brighter passages and shadow, making the painted forms legible.
The hand-painted reproduction
This ByMuseum reproduction is hand-painted in oil on canvas. White oxen pull a plough across an open field George Clausen is the artist named in the source record. The description stays with visible people, clothing, plants and work tools without adding unsupported dates or story.
- White oxen pull a plough across an open field
The harness lines are visible against the animals.
The farmer remains visible behind the white animals.
The harness and plough connect the animals to the farmer behind them. The field surface appears lightly furrowed, and the open sky keeps the working group visible against a broad landscape. The oxen heads and legs form repeating shapes.




