1870
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
Dominant colour
A Quiet Day in the Woods is a 1870 by Winslow Homer, a Impressionism work, held at Cleveland Museum of Art.
This drawing shows a man and a woman sitting on a rocky slope in a forest. The man is reading a book while the woman leans back, looking relaxed. Tall trees surround them, and the ground is covered in leaves and shadows. The title says it’s a "quiet day," but the woman’s hat is slightly tilted, like she’s about to stand up. The artist focused on everyday moments, not fancy scenes. Next, check out Realism to see how artists like this one showed life as it really was.
Winslow Homer (February 24, 1836 – September 29, 1910) was an American landscape painter and illustrator, best known for his marine subjects.
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