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Shepherdess Tending Sheep

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Date

1878

Artist

Winslow Homer (1836-1910)

Collection

Brooklyn Museum

Image Link

https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/2807

Description

This work from the Houghton Farm series demonstrates Winslow Homer's remarkable ability to use watercolor as both a descriptive and an expressive medium. The dark sky, rendered with carefully modulated gray washes, casts a moody, ominous tone over the idyllic pastoral subject of a shepherdess tending her flock.
Descriptive medium: Watercolor over graphite with touches of opaque watercolor on cream, thick, rough textured paper
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Courtesy of Brooklyn Museum

Location

Houghton Farm, Mountainville, New York, USA

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