Crossing the Pasture
1871 Amon Carter Museum of American Art
About this artwork
This oil on canvas depicts two young boys walking through a grassy field, with one child holding a bucket and the other carrying a branch. The painting exemplifies Homer's interest in rural American life and childhood during the late 19th century.
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Winslow Homer painted this piece shortly after returning from a trip to France, where he was exposed to the works of the Barbizon school and early Impressionists. While the influence of French plein-air painting is visible in his light-filled landscapes, this work remains firmly rooted in the American pastoral tradition, capturing a quintessentially quiet moment of childhood exploration in a New England setting.
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Crossing the Pasture
Winslow Homer, 1871
