Lumbering in Winter, from Every Saturday: A Journal of Choice Reading, January 28, 1871
1871
Medium
Graphic Arts-Print
Classification
Graphic Arts-Print
Department
Smithsonian Collection
Museum
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Credit
Smithsonian American Art Museum, The Ray Austrian Collection, gift of Beatrice L. Austrian, Caryl A. Austrian and James A. Austrian
Accession Number
1996.63.175
Tags
Art Historical Context
**Lumbering in Winter a striking wood engraving by Winslow Homer published in *Every Saturday: A Journal of Choice Reading on January 28, 1871, captures the rugged essence of 19th-century American life Homer, a master of Realism, frequently depicted the working class and natural landscapes, transitioning from Civil War illustrations to scenes of everyday heroism. Here, a lone lumberjack wields an axe amid a snow-laden forest, evoking the backbreaking labor of the logging industry that fueled America's expansion during the Gilded Age. This graphic arts print, now in the Smithsonian American Ar...
About the Artist
Winslow Homer · 1836–1910
Winslow Homer (1836-1910) was one of America's greatest painters and a preeminent figure in 19th-century American art. Largely self-taught, Homer began his career as a commercial illustrator and Civil War correspondent for Harper's Weekly before becoming renowned for his powerful marine subjects and landscape paintings. His mastery of both oil and watercolor, combined with his uncompromising reali...