Haymaking
1864 Columbus Museum of Art
About this artwork
This oil on canvas depicts a young boy engaged in rural labor, holding a scythe in a sunlit field. It was painted during the mid-19th century when Homer was focusing on pastoral themes of American life.
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Painted in 1864, during the height of the American Civil War, this work captures a serene, quiet moment of agrarian life that stands in stark contrast to the violence occurring elsewhere in the country at the time. Homer's focus on the solitary worker in a field became a recurring theme that highlighted the resilience and simplicity of American rural identity.
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Haymaking
Winslow Homer, 1864
