Standing Officer
Classification
figures
Department
Smithsonian Collection
Museum
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Credit
Gift of Charles Savage Homer, Jr.
Accession Number
1912-12-163-a
About this artwork
Research in Progress
Art Historical Context
**Standing Officer** by Winslow (1836–1910), created in 1862, a solitary figure poised with quiet authority. As a pioneering American realist, Homer was renowned for his unflinching depictions of everyday life, particularly during the Civil War era. This work, classified as a figure study, reflects his early mastery in portraying human forms with directness and vitality, likely sketched amid the conflict's intensity. Dated to 186—the pivotal year of battles like Antietam and Fredericksburg—the painting evokes the human toll of the American Civil War. Homer, who served as a correspondent for *...