Harvest Scene
1873 Metropolitan Museum of Art
About this artwork
This landscape painting depicts a rural harvest scene with figures working in a field surrounded by trees. It is executed in oil on canvas and is part of the collection at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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Winslow Homer, one of the most prominent American painters of the 19th century, was renowned for his keen observations of rural life before he shifted his focus to the dramatic seascapes of Maine. This work highlights his masterful use of light and shadow, capturing a serene, fleeting moment in the agricultural cycle of post-Civil War America.
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Harvest Scene
Winslow Homer, 1873
