Even though the golden age brought prosperity to the nation ,but not all areas of Europe benefit. As mentioned early in the Merry Family we saw that the golden Age introduced a class of people known as the middle-class and when this occurred it resulted in the lower class becoming peasants. Also, economic growth was very fast during until about 1620 when it slowed but continued to grow steadily until the end of the Golden Age (The Dutch Economy in the Golden Age). The last decades of the seventeenth century were marked by declining production and loss of market dominance overseas (The Dutch Economy in the Golden Age). The Potato Eaters reflect post-impressionist artwork because the artist was painting because of what he saw around him and he wanted his painting to truthfully portray the hardships that many peasant families had to endure and he wanted to express his emotional and personal response
Even though the golden age brought prosperity to the nation ,but not all areas of Europe benefit. As mentioned early in the Merry Family we saw that the golden Age introduced a class of people known as the middle-class and when this occurred it resulted in the lower class becoming peasants. Also, economic growth was very fast during until about 1620 when it slowed but continued to grow steadily until the end of the Golden Age (The Dutch Economy in the Golden Age). The last decades of the seventeenth century were marked by declining production and loss of market dominance overseas (The Dutch Economy in the Golden Age). The Potato Eaters reflect post-impressionist artwork because the artist was painting because of what he saw around him and he wanted his painting to truthfully portray the hardships that many peasant families had to endure and he wanted to express his emotional and personal response