@peachlybeloved Their lunch to the side, their hunched and bent postures. Although these figures can stand up and walk away, the painting makes u feel otherwise. If they were to stand straight they would be cut off by the composition. The lunch tells u they will b there all day.
@peachlybeloved The Stone Breakers by Courbet which isn’t outright sad but the way these figures are contained in the frame, feeling almost trapped within it, makes me feel the same way. I feel constrained when I look at this