Two Girls with Sunbonnets in a Field
1877 Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
About this artwork
An oil painting depicting two young girls wearing traditional sunbonnets in a rural pasture setting with grazing sheep. It captures a peaceful, pastoral moment typical of the artist's focus on rural life during this period.
Did you know?
Winslow Homer spent significant time in rural settings, which deeply influenced his depiction of pastoral life. This work reflects the period when he was transitioning from illustration to more focused atmospheric landscapes and genre scenes that defined his later career.
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Two Girls with Sunbonnets in a Field
Winslow Homer, 1877
