I love this kind of paint, really... I love the way the painter made the light reflect on the pavement.... And in fatc i love the light of this kind of paint... The subject was also well highlighted by Longsdail.

Martin Q. 1S10

Saint Martin in the Fields: my own comment of the painting.
Like Lucile, I have done this work in class a long time before the holiday but I didn't present it. I wanted to put my comment before but I didn't have the time... If you can give me a mark too even if I'm very very late...


This document is a painting. An oil on canvas. It was painted in 1888 by William LOGSDAIL, an English painter, and it's called Saint Martin in the Fields. William LOGSDAIL is well-known for his realistic scenes of London. He painted this picture from a vehicle stationed near to Trafalgar Square. Saint Martin in the Fields is an Anglican church of Victorian style.

This painting reprensents a street of London, around the nineteenth century, during Victorian time and the Second Industrial Revolution.
In the foreground, in the middle, there is a little girl who is selling flowers. She wears a green dress and a hat. She's very young and she looks poor. On the left, we can see a woman in a long red dress with her child. They seem to be rather wealthy because of their clothes. On the right, there is someone, probably a young boy, who is selling newspaper. In the background, there are many carriages and people and also a policeman who is ridding a horse. On the right hand corner, we can see Saint Martin Church. Thnaks to the clothes, we can say that the scene takes place in winter; it's a cloudy day. All around the street, there are several lamposts.

According to me, there is a contrast between wealthiest and poverty. We can notice the gap between the woman with her child on the left and the little flower girl or the newspaper boy. The first are rich and have a good life whereas the others have to sell flowers or newspaper so as to earn money and make a living. Probably, they get up very early to work and they don't come home until very late, if they have one...
There is an opposition between two social classes. One who is rahter wealthy, and another like the girl or the boy who have many difficulties to live. They don't have money, perhaps they don't have home either whereas the woman and her child on the left, who are in a rather upper class, are well-groomed and probably happy.

Carole S. 1èreES3.