Boys in a Pasture
1874 · Oil on canvas · Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
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About this work
- Artist
- Winslow Homer (1836–1910)
- Year
- 1874
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Original size
- 40.3 × 58.1 cm
- Collection
- Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
- Movement
- Realism
Two boys in straw hats sit side by side in a sunny summer pasture, one hugging his knees, the other leaning back, with a line of trees under a pale turquoise sky behind them. Homer painted many such pictures of country children in the early 1870s, and they were among his most popular works in his lifetime. The broad field of green grass and wildflowers takes up most of the canvas, so the two small figures read as part of the landscape. The painting is in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
This exhibition-poster edition shows the whole work beneath original typography set in-house. The original is in the public domain.
Where it works
A calm summer-green scene for a family room, kitchen or hallway in a dark wood frame. It suits sage, cream or soft blue walls at 12×18 and pairs with Homer's Crossing the Pasture.
Style, size & framing detail
- Style
- Exhibition poster of a Realism painting
- Era
- 19th century (1874)
- Orientation
- Portrait
- Palette
- cream & beige
- Mood
- classic
- Rooms
- kitchen, hallway or entryway, living room, dining room, dorm room
- Good gift for
- housewarming, art lovers
Size. We'd hang this one at 12×18. Prints at 12×18, 16×24, 24×36 in — 12×18 for a shelf, desk or a gallery-wall grid; 16×24 above a desk, console or in a hallway; 24×36 as the statement piece above a sofa or bed.
Framing. Exhibition posters sit best in a slim black frame with no mat — the typeset margin is the mat.
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
A fine-art print
The same artwork as a clean fine-art print — the image shown large with a minimal caption.
