Girl Picking Apple Blossoms
1879 Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
About this artwork
This oil painting depicts a solitary woman in a dark dress standing beneath a blooming apple tree in a meadow. It is part of the collection at the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum.
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Winslow Homer, one of the most important American artists of the 19th century, was known for his transition from illustrative journalism to fine art oil painting. This work showcases his mastery of capturing atmospheric light in rural settings, often imbuing simple, everyday activities with a quiet, poetic gravity that contrasts with his more famous later maritime scenes.
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Girl Picking Apple Blossoms
Winslow Homer, 1879
