Artist:

William H. Howe, born Ravenna, OH 1846-died Bronxville, NY 1929  Search this

Medium:

oil on canvas

Dimensions:

24 1/8 x 30 1/8 in. (61.3 x 76.6 cm)

Type:

Painting

Date:

1906

Luce Center Label:

William Henry Howe made a name for himself in France and the United States as a painter of animals. His farm scenes provided patrons with an antidote to the unnerving changes in American society brought about by industrialization. The prize bull and placid cow in these paintings evoke the patriarchal and matriarchal roles of a nineteenth-century household, and hark back to an ideal of agrarian America that seemed distant from the urban bustle of the Gilded Age.

Topic:

Architecture\farm\barn  Search this

Animal\cattle  Search this

Credit Line:

Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of William T. Evans

Object number:

1909.7.30

Restrictions & Rights:

CC0

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Smithsonian American Art Museum Collection

Department:

Painting and Sculpture

On View:

Smithsonian American Art Museum, Luce Foundation Center, 3rd Floor, 15A

Smithsonian American Art Museum, Luce Foundation Center

Smithsonian American Art Museum, Luce Foundation Center, 3rd Floor

Data Source:

Smithsonian American Art Museum

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk7c40d0d38-b969-429a-b039-0023b96ff846

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:saam_1909.7.30