Tag: figure

Blowing the Horn at Seaside (1870)

Homer, Winslow (1836-1910) Blowing the Horn at Seaside 1870 Oil on canvas, 48.9 x 34.9 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Standing in the brilliant sunlight of midday, a young woman blows a metal horn to summon the farmhands in the nearby…

Croquet Scene (1866)

Homer, Winslow (1836-1910) Croquet Scene 1866 Oil on canvas, 40.3 × 66.2 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago One of America’s foremost painters, Winslow Homer began his career as an illustrator during the Civil War. In the late 1860s, he turned…

Home, Sweet Home (c.1863)

Homer, Winslow (1836-1910) Home, Sweet Home c.1863 Oil on canvas, 54.6 x 41.9 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington In a camp, two soldiers wearing blue uniforms are lost in thought as they listen to a military band playing music in the…

Dad’s Coming! (1873)

Homer, Winslow (1836-1910) Dad’s Coming! 1873 Oil on wood, 22.9 x 34.9 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington A woman holding a baby stands near a young boy who perches in the tipped-up end of a rowboat that has been pulled…

Rue de village (c.1917)

Utrillo, Maurice (1883-1955) Rue de village (Village street) c.1917 Oil on canvas, 53 x 76.6 cm National Museum Wales, Cardiff This view of around 1917 depicts the suburb of Sannois in the north-west of Paris, an area which the artist painted repeatedly…

The morning after the storm (c.1840-1845)

Turner, Joseph Mallord William (1775-1851) The morning after the storm c.1840–1845 Oil on canvas, 32.6 x 54.4 cm National Museum Wales, Cardiff This seascape of 1840–45 and its companion picture, ‘The Storm‘, were apparently inspired by the great storm of 21…

Vue du Parc Montsouris, Le Kiosque (c.1908-1910)

Rousseau, Henri (1844-1910) Vue du Parc Montsouris, Le Kiosque (View of the Montsouris Park, The Kiosk) c.1908–1910 Oil on canvas, 65.7 x 79.7 cm Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia Here we see a group of people strolling through the Parc Montsouris, one of four…