Shepherd and Shepherdess

Decorator Winslow Homer American

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 764

This fireplace surround was produced during Homer’s active involvement with the Tile Club, founded in 1877 as a savvy response to growing American interest in the so-called household art movement, which called for a marriage of the beautiful and useful. Of all the members, Homer appears to have been among the most serious, producing several individual tiles and two ambitious surrounds that he copyrighted, suggesting commercial intent. This design’s pastoral figures in "old-fashioned" dress evoke both the storybook work of English artist Walter Crane as well as Homer’s own watercolors of shepherdesses.

Shepherd and Shepherdess, Winslow Homer (American, Boston, Massachusetts 1836–1910 Prouts Neck, Maine), Glazed earthenware, overglaze enamel decoration, American

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Shepherd and Shepherdess, Winslow Homer (American, Boston, Massachusetts 1836–1910 Prouts Neck, Maine), Glazed earthenware, overglaze enamel decoration, American
Shepherd and Shepherdess, Winslow Homer (American, Boston, Massachusetts 1836–1910 Prouts Neck, Maine), Glazed earthenware, overglaze enamel decoration, American
Shepherd and Shepherdess, Winslow Homer (American, Boston, Massachusetts 1836–1910 Prouts Neck, Maine), Glazed earthenware, overglaze enamel decoration, American
Shepherd and Shepherdess, Winslow Homer (American, Boston, Massachusetts 1836–1910 Prouts Neck, Maine), Glazed earthenware, overglaze enamel decoration, American

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