Long Island Homestead, Study from Nature
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Object Details
- Artist
- Andrew W. Warren, born Coventry, NY 1823-died New York City 1873
- Gallery Label
- This intimate study, executed on the spot, captures the daily existence of an idyllic rural homestead. Sheep and cattle graze on the hill to the right. Several figures relax on the porch, while two women cut and bind sheaves of wheat in front of a pond. This is a model of self-sufficiency, complete with farmhouse, barn, vegetable and flower gardens, as well as land for crops and animals, and even a graveyard on the hill to the left. All of the inhabitants' needs are depicted from cradle to grave. But this kind of pastoral paradise was already being disrupted by the railroads. Increasingly, trains from Ohio and further west delivered supplies to the mill towns, undercutting the local farmers, and rendering scenes like this one a fond memory.
- Credit Line
- Smithsonian American Art Museum, Given in memory of Mr. and Mrs. I. A. Lipsig
- 1859
- Object number
- 1971.373
- Restrictions & Rights
- CC0
- Type
- Painting
- Medium
- oil on paperboard
- Dimensions
- 12 1/2 x 23 7/8 in. (31.6 x 60.1 cm.)
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- Smithsonian American Art Museum Collection
- Department
- Painting and Sculpture
- On View
- Smithsonian American Art Museum, 2nd Floor, South Wing
- Smithsonian American Art Museum
- Topic
- Occupation\domestic\laundry
- Occupation\farm\harvesting
- Landscape\lake
- Figure female\full length
- Landscape\New York\Long Island
- Architecture Exterior\domestic\farmhouse
- Record ID
- saam_1971.373
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk7a5b86989-5d7c-4e7b-9730-cac84b3bcebd
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