Winslow Homer

Homer spent the summer of 1878 at Mountainsville, New York, where his brother's business partner, Lawson Valentine, had a country place called Houghton Farm. While there he developed pastoral images of shepherdesses. The flirtatious quality of these depictions becomes intriguing when we consider that Homer never married, and that he worked not only from female models but also sometimes from boys in girls' clothing.

Drawings from the Museum Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 10-April 28, 1937).

Drawings from the Museum Collection

Watercolors and Drawings form the Museum Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 7-28, 1939).

Watercolors and Drawings form the Museum Collection

Drawings from the Museum Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 17-August 24, 1942).

Winslow Homer: Portrait of America. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (November 10, 1965-May 16, 1966).

Winslow Homer: Portrait of America

American Drawings from the Permanent Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (April 19-July 12, 1998).

American Drawings from the Permanent Collection

The Tile Club and the Aesthetic Movement in America: 1877 -1887. Museums at Stony Brook (organizer) (October 9, 1999-January 23, 2000); Lyman Allyn Art Museum, New London, CT (February 5-May 7, 2000).

The Tile Club and the Aesthetic Movement in America: 1877 -1887

Winslow Homer's Empire State: Houghton Farm and Beyond. Syracuse University Art Galleries, Syracuse, NY (organizer) (August 18-October 11, 2009).

Winslow Homer's Empire State: Houghton Farm and Beyond

Cleveland, Ohio:  The Cleveland Museum of Art; 4/19/98 - 7/12/98.  "American Drawings from the Permanent Collection."

Long Island, NY: The Museums at Stony Brook;  New London, CT: Lyman Allyn Museum of Art at Connecticut College. "The Tile Club and the Aesthetic Movement in America: 1877-1887" 10/9/99 - 5/7/00.

Syracuse University Art Galleries, NY (8/18/2009 - 10/11/2009):  "Winslow Homer's Empire State:  Houghton Farm and Beyond", cat. no. 12, p. 59.

A vertically oriented charcoal and wash drawing on beige paper depicts a woman standing and looking to our left. She wears a flat hat with ribbons and a laced bodice over a dark-striped skirt. Her arms are crossed, bracing a hooked staff against her torso. Thick charcoal lines shade her skirt, while white chalk highlights her ruffled sleeves and hat. To her left, faint sketches of grazing animals inhabit the landscape.

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