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The Studio

Winslow Homer American
1867
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 764
American artists eager to maintain their connections to adventures abroad imported European bohemianism to studio life back home, providing them with novel subject matter. Whether Homer painted The Studio during his eleven-month stay in Paris or later, while in New York, this informal scene of music making reveals a French influence in both form and content. Throughout the 1860s and ’70s, Homer enjoyed an active social life, occupying studios in a variety of purpose-built, all-male facilities, including the University Building and the Benedick Building, both on Washington Square, and the Tenth Street Studio Building.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: The Studio
  • Artist: Winslow Homer (American, Boston, Massachusetts 1836–1910 Prouts Neck, Maine)
  • Date: 1867
  • Culture: American
  • Medium: Oil on canvas
  • Dimensions: 18 x 15 in. (45.7 x 38.1 cm)
  • Credit Line: Samuel D. Lee Fund, 1939
  • Object Number: 39.14
  • Curatorial Department: The American Wing

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A Quiet Day in the Country (from "Appleton's Journal," Vol. III), Winslow Homer American, Wood engraving
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June 6, 1870
George Blake's Letter (The Galaxy, An Illustrated Magazine of Entertaining Reading, Vol. IX), Winslow Homer American, Wood engraving
George Blake's Letter (The Galaxy, An Illustrated Magazine of Entertaining Reading, Vol. IX)
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"I Cannot! It Would Be a Sin! A Fearful Sin!" (The Galaxy, An Illustrated Magazine of Entertaining Reading, Vol. VI), Winslow Homer American, Wood engraving
"I Cannot! It Would Be a Sin! A Fearful Sin!" (The Galaxy, An Illustrated Magazine of Entertaining Reading, Vol. VI)
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