Song of the Lark
Artist
Winslow Homer
(American, 1836-1910)
Date1876
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions38 5/8 x 24 1/4 x 2 1/8 in. (98.1 x 61.6 x 5.4 cm)
Overall, Frame: 51 1/8 x 36 7/8 x 5 in. (129.9 x 93.7 x 12.7 cm)
Overall, Support: 38 3/4 x 24 1/4 x 13/16 in. (98.4 x 61.6 x 2.1 cm)
Overall, Frame: 51 1/8 x 36 7/8 x 5 in. (129.9 x 93.7 x 12.7 cm)
Overall, Support: 38 3/4 x 24 1/4 x 13/16 in. (98.4 x 61.6 x 2.1 cm)
ClassificationsAmerican art
Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr. in honor of Dr. T. Lane Stokes
Object number83.590
Terms
- Man
- Field
- White
- Blue
- Green
- Yellow
- Genre
Collections
On View
On viewLabel TextWinslow Homer American, 1836–1910 Song of the Lark, 1876 Oil on canvas Winslow Homer titled this post-Civil War painting "Song of the Lark" to make it clear the young man, like the lark, is an early riser. The virtue of agrarian labor appealed to Homer, who showed farmers as solid individualists, confident in their strength to provide for others. The man's sycthe was about to become obsolete, largely replaced by the mechanical eaper in the 1870s. Like the thresher, mechanization changed age-old rural patterns and practices of life. Gift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr., in honor of Dr. T. Lane Stokes 83.590
