Girls on Hillside
1879
About this artwork
This work features two young girls standing on a hillside in profile, rendered on a warm-toned paper with charcoal and highlights of opaque white. It exemplifies the artist's focus on American rural life during his transitional period before his later focus on seascapes.
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During the late 1870s, Winslow Homer transitioned away from his successful work as an illustrator for magazines like Harper's Weekly toward more personal, artistic explorations in watercolor and charcoal. Works like this capture a fleeting sense of innocence and pastoral quietude that became a hallmark of his sensitive depictions of American life in the post-Civil War era.
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Girls on Hillside
Winslow Homer, 1879
