She Turned Her Face to the Window, from The Galaxy, May 1868
1868
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
1996.63.181
Tags
Art Historical Context
Winslow Homer, a pioneering American Realist artist, created *She Turned Her Face to Window* as a wood for the May 1868 issue *The Galaxy* magazine. Best known for his vivid depictions of American life during and after the Civil War, Homer honed his skills in magazine illustration, producing dynamic prints for publications like *Harper's Weekly This 1868 work captures the intimate domestic sphere of post-war America, a time when the nation was rebuilding amid social shifts. The print features a waist-length view of a woman seated on a couch, her face turned toward the window in a moment of qu...
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...