Gloomy Day by Peter
Bruegel
Bruegel executed a series of paintings representing the 12 months of the year. Only
five paintings survived and it is debated whether the series comprised 6 or 12 pieces. It
is assumed that this painting represents January-February in the series of six.
Simon Pryce spotted the painting and brought it to notice on the UKTC. As Simon observed, the picture
gives a little insight into mediaeval pollarding. 'It was painted in
about 1565 and it looks pretty much like "proper" pollarding being done on one
of the trees, at about head height with a bill hook. There is a ladder against a maiden
tree in the background, so perhaps they were going to do something to them as well,
although some of the team appear to be getting a bit too well refreshed to do much tree
work'.
The Painting is available on the 'Web Gallery of Art' and can be downloaded as a JPG
file with a size of '700 x 529' pixels.
However, If you wish to use the painting as a desktop background (which normally has a
larger width of 800 pixels) you can download a slightly larger size from the AIE site
which will fill the whole monitor screen (as I have done here).
See instructions below regarding the setting up of the painting as your desktop
background.
- Click here to visit Gloomy Day
on the 'Gallery of Art' site.
- Click here to visit the Home
Page of the 'Web Gallery of Art' site.
- Click here to download and view
the Gloomy Day painting as a 800x604 pixel JPG file from the AIE site. Once the picture is in view, hold the mouse pointer over the image
and press the right mouse button. You can now select 'Set as Wallpaper' where the image
becomes your desktop. Or select 'Save Picture As'.. so the image can be copied to a
folder of your choice.
If you later wish to remove the painting from your Desktop,
simply select Display from the Control Panel (under Settings) and change the background as
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