The Nooning

Name: The Nooning
Brand: Winslow Homer
Price: 189.0 USD
Availability: InStock

1872 · oil · Winslow Homer

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The Nooning by Winslow Homer, shown at 28 × 42 in (71.1 × 106.7 cm) on canvas in Arber Warm Walnut, living — Shown at 28 × 42 in (71.1 × 106.7 cm) · Framed canvas, Arber Warm Walnut · Living room

The Nooning by Winslow Homer, shown at 28 × 42 in (71.1 × 106.7 cm) in Arber Natural, kitchen — Shown at 28 × 42 in (71.1 × 106.7 cm) · Framed paper, Arber Natural · Kitchen

The Nooning by Winslow Homer, shown at 28 × 42 in (71.1 × 106.7 cm) as gallery-wrapped canvas, hotel guest room — Shown at 28 × 42 in (71.1 × 106.7 cm) · Gallery-wrapped canvas · Hotel guest room

Story

A figure wearing a wide-brimmed straw hat and a pale shirt lies back in a stretch of grass, taking his ease under tall shade trees that lean over a wooden dwelling nearby. The quiet pause of midday seems to settle over the whole yard, with the house standing calm in the background. Winslow Homer painted this scene in oil in 1872, and it now belongs to the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, having entered the collection through the Ella Gallup Sumner and Mary Catlin Sumner Collection Fund. Homer, an American painter associated with realism, also created the notable work A Country Lad. One detail worth noting is how the dappled shade from the trees falls across the resting man, softening the edges of the yard around him and the house behind.