1840
graphite
paper
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Woman and Boy with Provisions is a 1840 graphite by American 19th Century, a Romanticism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This painting shows two people standing outside a simple wooden house. The person on the left wears a light dress with dark patterns and a wide-brimmed hat. They hold a basket with a chicken in it. The person on the right, likely a child, carries a basket too and wears a red-and-white patterned shirt with rolled-up pants. The background has a window, a tree, and a fence, with a few birds on the ground. The bright colors and simple shapes give it a cheerful, everyday feel. The artist used watercolor, which lets light show through the paint in a soft way. Look up technique: watercolor, glazing to see how artists build up colors like this.
This artist painted everyday American life in the 1800s. Look at *Farmhouse in Mahantango Valley*—a quiet, sunlit scene of rural Pennsylvania. *Boy and Girl* shows two children standing close, their faces turned toward…
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