Painter:

Homer, Winslow 1836-1910  Search this

Medium:

Oil on canvas

Type:

Paintings

Date:

1879

Notes:

Curry, David Park, "Capturing Beauty: American Impressionist and Realist Paintings from the McGlothlin Collection," Richmond, VA: Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, 2005, pg. 5.

Summary:

Woodland scene depicting a young woman seated amid a patch of yellow wildflowers, her back resting against a tree trunk, and her attention directed toward a magazine she is reading. She wears a gray dress and a black hat, and loosely draped across her back is a red shawl.

Topic:

Landscape--Forest  Search this

Figure female--Full length  Search this

Recreation--Leisure--Reading  Search this

Object--Written Matter--Magazine  Search this

Control number:

IAP 89870002

Data Source:

Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_ari_389275