Shepherdess of Houghton Farm (1878) by Winslow Homer. by Studio POPPY

Shepherdess of Houghton Farm (1878) by Winslow Homer.
Winslow Homer (Boston, February 24, 1836 - Prout's Neck, Maine, September 29, 1910) was an American lithographer, draftsman, and painter. Considered by many to be the most important American painter of the 19th century,[1] Homer was a representative of realistic genre painting. He was an excellent animal painter and made many watercolors. He was famous for his seascapes.
He later elaborated the sketches and drawings made at the front in oils. The illustrations were initially quite superficial and anecdotal in nature, but towards the end of the war they gained more depth and showed an understanding of the meaning and far-reaching consequences of the battle, as evidenced by, among others, the painting shown here, which would earn him membership in the Academy.

After the war, in the late 1860s and the decade that followed, he produced a large number of works, both newspaper illustrations and paintings. He sought inspiration in the popular seaside towns of Massachusetts and New Jersey, and in nature in the rural areas of New York and New Hampshire.
After returning to America in 1883, the coast and the sea became important themes in Homer's work,[2] and he moved to Prout's Neck, Maine, where he would live for the rest of his life. He did, however, make several more (vacation) trips through the United States and to Canada and the Caribbean. He further specialized in watercolor painting, which allowed him to work quickly, a