The Sower (Grohar)

The Sower (Slovene: Sejalec), created in 1907, is an oil on canvas painting by the Slovene Impressionist painter and musician Ivan Grohar. It is an image of a peasant sowing seeds on a ploughed field in an early and foggy morning. A hayrack, typical of the Slovene landscape, stands in the back, and even further, the rocks of the small hill Kamnitnik near Škofja Loka. It has been a metaphor for the 19th-century myth of Slovenes as a vigorous nation in front of an unclear destiny,^[1] a symbol for the Slovene nation which sows in order that it could harvest, and a depiction of human interrelatedness with the nature.^[2] It is also a reflection of the context of Slovene transition from a rural to an urban culture.^[3] It has become one of the most characteristic and established Slovene creations in visual arts. It has been used by the IRWIN art group as well as the Semenarna Ljubljana seed company, and is depicted on the Slovenian 5 cent euro coin.

The Sower
Slovene: Sejalec
Artist	Ivan Grohar
Year	1907 (1907)
Medium	Oil on canvas
Dimensions	120 cm × 108 cm (47 in × 43 in)
Location	National Gallery of Slovenia, Ljubljana