Figure on Horseback and Other Studies
1861 National Gallery of Art
About this artwork
A graphite drawing on paper featuring faint sketches, including a figure on horseback and other small study marks. It is held in the collection of the National Gallery of Art.
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Winslow Homer, one of the most prominent American painters of the 19th century, began his career as an illustrator for magazines like Harper's Weekly. This sketch, created during the early stages of the American Civil War, highlights his lifelong habit of capturing fleeting observations and figures in motion, which later informed his iconic oil paintings.
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Figure on Horseback and Other Studies
Winslow Homer, 1861
