In the Mountains
Winslow Homer
Brooklyn Museum photograph
Object Label
Winslow Homer was among the first artists to paint the “modern” American woman enjoying the physical liberation and social independence of outdoor leisure life. Here Homer depicts four unaccompanied lady hikers on a steep stone slope in the Adirondacks. This work demonstrates his interest in both dynamic asymmetrical compositions influenced by Japanese woodblock prints, which were becoming increasingly popular in the West, and the color effects of bright outdoor light.
Caption
Winslow Homer (American, 1836–1910). In the Mountains, 1877. Oil on canvas, 23 7/8 × 38 1/8 in. (60.6 × 96.9 cm) frame: 31 1/2 × 45 5/8 × 4 1/4 in. (80 × 115.9 × 10.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Dick S. Ramsay Fund, 32.1648. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)
Gallery
Not on view
Collection
Gallery
Not on view
Collection
Artist
Title
In the Mountains
Date
1877
Medium
Oil on canvas
Classification
Dimensions
23 7/8 × 38 1/8 in. (60.6 × 96.9 cm) frame: 31 1/2 × 45 5/8 × 4 1/4 in. (80 × 115.9 × 10.8 cm)
Signatures
Signed lower left: "HOMER / 1877"
Credit Line
Dick S. Ramsay Fund
Accession Number
32.1648
Frequent Art Questions
What style is this painting? I love the accent of the red dress.
Winslow Homer is hard to categorize, only because his career was so long and his subject matter was so varied! He is sometimes considered an American Realist because he was concerned with depicting the world in accurate and truthful manner. He was also aware of recent developments in European art and in a painting like this one we can see that he was also well-versed in Japanese influences.
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