Captives at the front

Date: 1866
Medium: oil on canvas
Location: private collection

The image shows a group of five men standing in a field, suggesting that the scene is taking place outside. The men are dressed in period clothing, each with a distinctive appearance and attitude that may suggest different social classes or occupations. The open landscape and sky with clouds can be seen in the background, adding to the atmosphere of the scene. The work has a realistic style and captures the characters' clothing, expressions and objects in detail.

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Homer painted picture Captives at the front in 1866. Prevailing color of this fine art print is brown and its shape is landscape. This art piece is located in a private collection This image is printed on demand - you can choose material, size and finishing.

Winslow Homer (1836-1910). American painter and illustrator. His first works were influenced by naturalistic romanticism – he used light as a dramatic device that created idealized and poetic landscapes (mostly near the Hudson River). In 1867, Homer moved to France and under the influence of Impressionism, his style of painting changed. His paintings became more elusive, more colourful, more diverse and sophisticated in terms of technique. After 1883, he began to use oil paints while trying to capture the magic of reflections of light on water, which he combined with emotional scenes from the lives of fishermen. Homer is considered the most important representatives of Realism in the US.