1868
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From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
White Mare is a 1868 unspecified by Winslow Homer, a American Impressionism work, held at Cleveland Museum of Art.
This painting shows a white horse standing in a rocky, forested area. The horse looks calm and the light hits its coat softly. Winslow Homer painted this as a quick study for a bigger work. Most artists then painted wild nature in the White Mountains. Homer focused on people and animals instead. This sketch feels fresh and unfinished, like he was testing ideas fast. Next time you're in Ohio, check out The Cleveland Museum of Art.
In August 1868 Winslow Homer, then working as a free-lance illustrator, visited the White Mountains of New Hampshire. As early as the 1820s, American artists used the White Mountains as a setting for landscape paintings. Unlike Thomas Cole (1802-1848) and Asher Durand (1796-1886), who focused on the unspoiled wilderness, Homer turned his attention to other tourists. He made this oil sketch as a study for the horse in a large oil painting The Bridal Path, White Mountains (1868; Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, Massachusetts).
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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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