Pumpkins Among the Corn, from Scribner's Monthly, An Illustrated Magazine for the People, August 1878
1878
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
1996.63.219
Tags
Art Historical Context
**Pumpkins Among the Corn is a captivating wood engraving by Winslow Homer, created in1878 for *Scribner's Monthly, An Illustrated Magazine for the People This graphic arts print depicts a vibrant farm scene, with full-length figures harvesting pumpkins nestled among tall cornstalks, evoking the rhythms of rural American life in the late 19th century. Homer, a master of American Realism, skillfully used the print medium to bring dynamic, everyday moments to a wide audience through the popular illustrated magazine. Homer's work here highlights the post-Civil War era's focus on agrarian abundan...
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...