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Farmyard Scene

Winslow Homer

American, 1836–1910

Farmyard Scene

c. 1872–74

This painting’s small scale, loose brushstrokes, and carefully observed interplay of sunlight and shadow suggest that it was composed and painted outdoors. Homer lived in New York City during the 1870s but traveled frequently to the countryside to paint, hike, and fish—a reflection of the growing nostalgia, in an increasingly industrialized country, for a simpler way of life.

Medium oil on canvas
Dimensions 12 3/8 x 18 7/16 in. (31.4 x 46.8 cm); Frame: 20 1/2 x 26 1/2 x 3 3/8 in. (52.1 x 67.3 x 8.6 cm)
Object Number 1955.772
Acquisition Acquired by Sterling and Francine Clark before 1955
Status On View

Image Caption

Winslow Homer, Farmyard Scene, c. 1872–74, oil on canvas. Clark Art Institute, 1955.772

Select Bibliography

New Britain Museum of American Art. Winslow Homer's America. Exhibition catalogue. New Britain, CT: New Britain Museum of Art, 2003. Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute. Exhibit Sixteen: Winslow Homer. Exhibition catalogue. Williamstown, MA: Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, 1961. Murphy, Alexandra. Winslow Homer in the Clark Collection. Exhibition catalogue. With contributions by Rafael Fernandez and Jennifer Gordon. Williamstown, MA: Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, 1986. . "City Intelligence: Art at the Century.". New York Evening Post.. Feb. 8, 1985.. Prout's Neck Association. Century Loan Exhibition as a Memorial to Winslow Homer by the Prout's Neck Association. Exhibition catalogue. Prout's Neck, ME: Prout's Neck Association, 1936. Beam, Philip C. Winslow Homer: A Biography. Ph.D. diss., Harvard University, 1944. Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute. List of Paintings in the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute. Williamstown, MA: Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, 1970. Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute. List of Paintings in the Sterling & Francine Clark Art Institute. Williamstown, MA: Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, 1972. Hendricks, Gordon. The Life and Work of Winslow Homer. New York: Abrams, 1979. Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute. List of Paintings in the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute. Williamstown, MA: Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, 1984. Conrads, Margaret C. American Paintings and Sculpture at the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute. New York: Hudson Hills Press, 1990. Kern, Steven, ed. List of Paintings in the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute. Williamstown, MA: Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, 1992. Goodrich, Lloyd. Record of Works by Winslow Homer. Edited and expanded by Abigail Booth Gerdts. 5 vols. New York: Spanierman Gallery, 2005.

Provenance

The artist, d. 1910; Charles S. Homer, West Townsend, Mass., his brother, by descent (1910–d. 1917); Martha E. Homer, West Townsend, Mass., his wife, by descent (1917–d. 1937); Arthur P. and Charles L. Homer, by descent (from 1937); [Wildenstein & Co., New York, sold to Clark, 6 Oct. 1944]; Sterling and Francine Clark (1944–55); Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, 1955.

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