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Women Working in a Field

1867

Winslow Homer

(American, 1836–1910)
Culture
America
Medium
oil on wood
Measurements
Framed: 30.5 x 45.5 x 4.5 cm (12 x 17 15/16 x 1 3/4 in.); Unframed: 17 x 32.2 cm (6 11/16 x 12 11/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Elizabeth Whitney Evans and Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund 1992.315
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In December 1866, Winslow Homer sailed from Boston for a year of study in France. Since the early 1850s he had known the principles of French painting, particularly the outdoor style of the Barbizon school. While in France, Homer spent most of his time working in Paris and the rural village of Cernay-la-Ville in Picardy, about 40 miles from the French capital. This oil sketch was probably painted there.
A horizontally oriented oil painting on wood depicts figures laboring in a dark field. At center, figures in dark clothing with pink, blue, and white headcoverings lean toward the earth. At left, a figure hunches atop a mound. At right, another figure crouches low. Heavy, expressive brushstrokes in reddish-brown, ochre, and blue create thick texture. A distant haystack sits on the horizon against a pale, muted sky.

Women Working in a Field

1867

Winslow Homer

(American, 1836–1910)
America

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