Winter-quarters in Camp--The inside of a Hut, from Harper's Weekly, January 24, 1863
1863
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
1996.63.53
Tags
Art Historical Context
Step into the stark intimacy of Winslow Homer's *Winter-quarters in Camp-- inside of a Hut*, poignant 1863 wood engraving published in *Harper's Weekly on January 24. a young artist and special correspondent during the American Civil War, captured the raw realities of soldier life from the Union Army camps. This print offers a rare glimpse inside a makeshift hut during winter, highlighting the hardships of barracks existence amid the freezing 1862-63 season. Homer's realist style shines through in his meticulous attention to everyday details: weary male soldiers huddled together, their faces ...
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...