Girl and Geese
1850 Fogg Museum
About this artwork
A charcoal drawing on toned paper depicting a young girl in a bonnet tending to a flock of geese by a stream at sunset. This work reflects the early illustrative phase of the artist's career.
Did you know?
While Winslow Homer is best known for his later powerful marine paintings and watercolors of the sea, this early charcoal sketch reveals his youthful exploration of pastoral, genre-based subjects. It shows the developing observational skills that would eventually make him one of the most significant American artists of the 19th century. The soft, atmospheric lighting suggests a keen interest in natural effects even in his formative years.
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Girl and Geese
Winslow Homer, 1850
