Dressing for the Carnival

$18.00

This is a 14″ full-bleed paper poster, perfect for dorm rooms, apartments, and easy decorating.

Canvas prints are rolled and packaged in a shipping tube. Paper prints that are smaller than 14” are shipped flat and prints that are larger than 14” are rolled and shipped in a shipping tube.

Framed work is wrapped in packaging foam and shipped in a framed art box.

Description

Dressing for the Carnival

Winslow Homer, 1877

About this Piece

This Reconstruction-era painting sought to celebrate the endurance and legacy of African-American culture. Borrowing elements from a Christmas celebration known as Jonkonnu, this piece depicts Independence Day festivities and strives to communicate the hope for freedom and independence that Black Americans sought.

More About Homer

Winslow Homer was an American artist who is most famous for his marine scenes. He was a master of sketching and watercolor, which added an element of spontaneity to his oil paintings. He grew up primarily in a rural village. Significantly, it was here that his artistic endeavors were encouraged, first by his mother, and later by an apprenticeship at the lithographic firm of John Bufford. In 1859, Homer moved to New York City as a freelance illustrator. As a result, he began exhibiting his first paintings. During the Civil War, Homer focused primarily on painting, where he depicted every day scenes of camp life, rather than scenes of battle.

He was elected to the National Academy of Design in 1865 where his work was warmly received due to its encouraging themes of both independence and reconciliation.

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