Girl Seated on a Tree Trunk
Classification
figures
Department
Smithsonian Collection
Museum
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Credit
Gift of Charles Savage Homer, Jr.
Accession Number
1912-12-66
About this artwork
Research in Progress
Art Historical Context
Winslow Homer, one of America's foremost Realist painters (1836–1910), captures a moment of quiet introspection in *Girl Seated a Tree Trunk* (1879). This work, classified as a figure, depicts a young girl perched naturally on a weathered tree trunk evoking the simplicity and vitality of rural American life., renowned for his masterful portrayals of everyday people against rugged natural backdrops, honed his skills through illustration before transitioning to fine art, often drawing from his observations in coastal Maine and the Adirondacks. Created in the late 1870s, during Homer's mature pe...