Femme étendant du linge (Woman Hanging Laundry)
Scene of a woman hanging laundry on a sunny day with her child watching. It was painted by Danish impressionist Camille Pissaro (10 July 1830 – 13 November 1903). The original painting is currently displayed at the Orsay Museum in Paris (Art of the Home’s favorite museum in Paris!).
Journée Ensoleillée (Sunny Day)
Scene of women sorting laundry on a sunny day by Belge Impressionist Emile Claus. Love those baskets! The original painting is currently displayed at the Musée des Beaux Arts of Gand in Belgium.
In the Wash House
Scene of joyful women washing laundry the old fashion way painted by American painter Anna Elizabeth Klumpke (1856-1942). The original painting is currently displayed at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in Philadelphia
The Wash House
Scene of a woman washing laundry with a washboard painted by Irish painter William Orpen (27 November 1878-29 September 1931). Love the old washboard, great piece to hang in any laundry room!
Linge Etendu au Bord de la Seine au Petit Gennevilliers (Laundry Drying on the banks of the Banks in Petit Gennevilliers)
Scene of linens drying on a clothesline by the Seine painted by French impressionist Gustave Caillebotte (1848-1894). The original painting is currently displayed at the Wallraf Richartz Museum in Cologne, Germany.
My mother had a wringer washer when I was a child, two tubs of rinse water, one with bluing for the whites. Bleach and soap smells make me happy and a child again for a moment, on the back porch with my mama.