October
Artist
Eastman Johnson
(American, 1824–1906)
Date1873
Mediumoil on canvas mounted on board
Dimensionsboard: 67.2 x 56.5 cm (26 7/16 x 22 1/4 in.)
ClassificationsPaintings
Credit LineStoddard Acquisition Fund
Object number2008.62
Label TextJohnson was one of the most prolific chroniclers of nineteenth-century American life. Painted at the height of the artist’s career, October captures the sentimentality admired in the post-Civil War era. He draws an analogy between the elderly man and the autumn season, while demonstrating the range of his painterly abilities—from the broadly brushed hayfield and hollyhocks to the carefully rendered figure.
ProvenanceMatthew J. Whittall, Worceseter, MA (until 1922); then bequeathed to Worcester Masonic Charity and Educational Association, Worcester, MA (until 2008); then sold as a private sale from WMCEA to Worcester Art Museum, Worcester, MA (July 6, 2008).On View
Not on view
