A Shady Spot, Houghton Farm
1878 Metropolitan Museum of Art
About this artwork
This watercolor depicts a solitary woman standing against a tree in a sun-dappled woodland clearing at Houghton Farm. It is one of the many works Homer produced while visiting the farm in Mountainville, New York, during the late 1870s.
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During the late 1870s, Winslow Homer retreated to the Lawson Valentine farm in Mountainville, New York, to escape the pressures of the New York City art scene. These works at Houghton Farm marked a pivotal transition in his career, as he moved away from commercial illustration to focus more deeply on the atmospheric potential of watercolor, capturing the quiet, pastoral life of the rural landscape.
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A Shady Spot, Houghton Farm
Winslow Homer, 1878
