Winslow Homer, “Farmyard Scene,“ c. 1874

Farmyard Scene Winslow Homer American, c. 1874 oil on canvas Overall: 12 3/8 x 18 7/16 in. (31.4 x 46.8 cm) Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, Massachusetts, . Throughout the 1870s Homer lived and worked primarily in New York City; from 1872 his studio was in the famous Tenth Street Studio Building. Despite living in the city, Homer painted decidedly rural subject matter. Farmyard Scene is one of many pictures by him of simple, everyday scenes of farm life. His attenti