books0977: Children Reading (second half 1800s). Hugo Salmson (Swedish, 1843-1894). Oil on
books0977: Children Reading (second half 1800s). Hugo Salmson (Swedish, 1843-1894). Oil on canvas. Göteborgs Konstmuseum. In France Salmson was impressed by contemporary French art and began performing open-air studies. Influenced by Jules Bastien-Lepage, Jules Breton, Jean-François Millet and other French peasant painters, he focused on naturalism, of which Children Reading is a good example. -- source link