Landscape with Figures in a Rowboat 19th-20th century

Editor: So, this is Louis Michel Eilshemius's "Landscape with Figures in a Rowboat." It's hard to put my finger on it, but there is something so serene and simple about it. What do you see in this piece? Curator: It speaks volumes about privilege and leisure, doesn't it? Eilshemius, born into wealth, could capture these moments of bourgeois recreation. But what about the figures absent from this landscape—those who labored to create this scene? Editor: That's an interesting point. I was so focused on the tranquility of the scene, I hadn’t considered that. Curator: Exactly. Whose story is being told, and more importantly, whose is being left out of the frame? Editor: I hadn't thought about it that way. Thanks for sharing your perspective! Curator: It changes how we view even the simplest landscape, doesn’t it?