Winslow Homer - The Army of the Potomac – A Sharp-Shooter on Picket Duty (Harper's Weekly, Vol. VII) - fine art print

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In one of his most striking compositions, Homer describes a Union rifleman perched on a tree limb, drawing a bead on a Confederate mark across the lines. The expertly balanced rifle and glinting eye indicate a marksman’s skill even as his precarious pose suggests that the soldier could himself easily become a casualty of war. At this point in his career, Homer had begun to focus on painting oils, and this wood engraving relates to a canvas now at the Portland Museum of Art in Maine. When the engraving appeared in Harper’s Weekly in November 1862, the painting was not yet finished, so the print acted as a form of advance publicity and is today as well known as the oil.

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The piece of art The Army of the Potomac – A Sharp-Shooter on Picket Duty (Harper's Weekly, Vol. VII) painted by the American artist Winslow Homer as your unique art copy

The artwork "The Army of the Potomac – A Sharp-Shooter on Picket Duty (Harper's Weekly, Vol. VII)" was created by Winslow Homer. The original was painted with the size - image: 9 1/8 x 13 3/4 in (23,1 x 35 cm) sheet: 10 11/16 x 16 1/8 in (27,2 x 40,9 cm). Wood engraving was used by the North American artist as the medium of the painting. The work of art is included in the art collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. This public domain work of art is included, courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1929. : Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1929. Furthermore, alignment is in landscape format with a side ratio of 3 : 2, which means that the length is 50% longer than the width. Winslow Homer was a male painter of American nationality, whose artistic style was primarily Realism. The North American artist lived for 74 years, born in the year 1836 in Boston, Suffolk county, Massachusetts, United States and passed away in 1910 in Prouts Neck, Cumberland county, Maine, United States.

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