Army Encampment
Medium
figures
Classification
figures
Department
Smithsonian Collection
Museum
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Credit
Gift of Charles Savage Homer, Jr.
Accession Number
1912-12-138
About this artwork
Research in Progress
Art Historical Context
**Army Encampment** Winslow Homer, 1862* Step into the tense world of the American Civil with Winslow Homer's *Army Encampment (1862), a snapshot from the Smithsonian American Art Museum's collection. Created during the conflict's early years, this work captures soldiers in a momentary respite amid the chaos of camp life. Homer, a pioneering American Realist (1836–1910), served as a visual correspondent for *Harper's Weekly*, sketching Union troops on the front lines. His direct observations brought the human side of war to the public, emphasizing everyday endurance over glorification. C...