Crossing the Pasture
c. 1871–1872 · Oil on canvas · Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth
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This print
About this work
- Artist
- Winslow Homer (1836–1910)
- Year
- c. 1871–1872
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Original size
- 66.7 × 96.5 cm
- Collection
- Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth
- Movement
- Realism
Two country boys walk down a green hillside pasture toward the viewer, the older one carrying a long fishing pole over his shoulder while the younger, holding a tin pail, presses close against him. Homer painted scenes of rural boyhood again and again in the years after the Civil War, when the subject carried a quiet longing for a calmer America. Here the steep hills, the bright cloudy sky and the grazing cattle frame the two figures, who seem to be keeping a wary eye on the animals. The painting is in the Amon Carter Museum of American Art in Fort Worth.
This full-bleed edition prints the work edge to edge from a high-resolution scan of the original, very slightly cropped (a few percent at most) to fit the sheet. The gallery edition shows the whole work, uncropped. The original is in the public domain.
Where it works
A warm green-and-ochre country scene for a family room, kitchen or farmhouse hallway in a dark wood frame. It suits sage, cream or soft olive walls at 36×24 and pairs with Homer's Snap the Whip.
Style, size & framing detail
- Style
- Realism painting
- Era
- 19th century (c. 1871–1872)
- Orientation
- Landscape
- Mood
- classic
- Rooms
- kitchen, hallway or entryway, living room, dining room
- Good gift for
- housewarming, art lovers
Size. We'd hang this one at 36×24. Prints at 18×12, 24×16, 36×24 in — 18×12 for a shelf, desk or a gallery-wall grid; 24×16 above a console or sideboard; 36×24 as the statement piece above a sofa or headboard.
Framing. Printed edge to edge: a slim black or dark wood frame right to the image, or let the canvas wrap do the framing. Also available gallery-wrapped on canvas, ready to hang with no frame.
Pairing. Pairs as a set of three with other famous painting prints (10% off three or more).
Details & materials
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About this design
The Madten promise
An exhibition poster
The same artwork as a gallery exhibition poster — title, artist & date typeset beneath the image on a soft ground.
A fine-art print
The same artwork as a clean fine-art print — the image shown large with a minimal caption.
