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Winslow Homer — Driving Home the Corn
Winslow Homer

Driving Home the Corn

1858

"Driving Home the Corn" is a wood engraving by the American artist Winslow Homer that depicts a rural harvest scene with farmers transporting corn, capturing the rhythms of agricultural labor in the 19th century. The work exemplifies Homer's skill in the wood engraving medium, a technique requiring meticulous carving into wooden blocks to produce fine lines and tonal values. This composition reflects Homer's broader interest in documenting American rural life and the dignity of working people during the post Civil War era.

Medium
wood engraving

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Winslow Homer, Driving Home the Corn, 1858

"Driving Home the Corn" is a wood engraving by the American artist Winslow Homer that depicts a rural harvest scene with farmers transporting corn, capturing the rhythms of agricultural labor in the 19th century. The work exemplifies Homer's skill in the wood engraving medium, a technique requiring meticulous carving into wooden blocks to produce fine lines and tonal values. This composition reflects Homer's broader interest in documenting American rural life and the dignity of working people during the post Civil War era.

Medium
wood engraving
Year
1858
Seen at
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

Related themes

Harvest season, 19th Century, Nostalgic Mood, American Artist, Rural agricultural labor, Golden Light, Oil Painting, Realism, Narrative Composition, Domestic Scene

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Cleveland Museum of Art, Art Institute of Chicago