Girl Seated on a Hillside
Classification
figures
Department
Smithsonian Collection
Museum
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Credit
Gift of Charles Savage Homer, Jr.
Accession Number
1912-12-67
About this artwork
Research in Progress
Art Historical Context
**Girl Seated on aide** (1878) by Winslow Homer captures a quiet moment in American rural life, featuring a solitary girl perched thoughtfully on a grassy slope. Homer, a leading American realist (1836–1910), was renowned for his masterful depictions of everyday people against dramatic natural backdrops, often drawing from his observations in coastal Maine and New England countryside during the late 19th century. Created just over a decade after the Civil, this work reflects the era's growing interest in ordinary Americans finding solace in nature amid rapid industrialization. Though the medi...