The Veteran in a New Field Winslow Homer Art Print

The Veteran in a New Field Winslow Homer Art PrintPainted soon after Confederate General Robert E. Lees surrender on April 9, 1865and President Abraham Lincolns assassination five days laterHomers canvas depicts an emblematic farmer, revealed to be a Union veteran by his discarded jacket and canteen at lower right. His old fashioned scythe evokes the Grim Reaper, recalling the Civil Wars harvest of death, which culminated in Lincolns murder. The bountiful wheata Northern cropmay connote the Unions

Painted soon after Confederate General Robert E. Lee’s surrender on April 9, 1865—and President Abraham Lincoln’s assassination five days later—Homer’s canvas depicts an emblematic farmer, revealed to be a Union veteran by his discarded jacket and canteen at lower right. His old-fashioned scythe evokes the Grim Reaper, recalling the Civil War’s harvest of death, which culminated in Lincoln’s murder. The bountiful wheat—a Northern crop—may connote the Union’s victory and a redemptive future - or it may be a reference to the concept of swords to ploughshares in  Isaiah 2:3–4:

Many peoples shall come and say, "Come, let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, to the house of the God of Jacob; that he may teach us his ways and that we may walk in his paths." For out of Zion shall go forth instruction and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem. He shall judge between the nations, and shall arbitrate for many peoples; they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks; nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.

Referring to both death and life, Homer’s iconic composition offers a powerful meditation on America’s sacrifices and its potential for recovery and reconciliation.

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From the Metropolitan Museum of Art Collection

Title: The Veteran in a New Field
Artist: Winslow Homer (American, Boston, Massachusetts 1836–1910 Prouts Neck, Maine)
Date: 1865
Culture: American
Medium: Oil on canvas
Original dimensions: 24 1/8 x 38 1/8in. (61.3 x 96.8cm)
Framed: 37 3/8 × 51 1/4 × 5 1/4 in. (94.9 × 130.2 × 13.3 cm)

• Paper thickness: 10.3 mil
• Paper weight: 5.57 oz/y² (189 g/m²)
• Giclée printing quality
• Opacity: 94%
• ISO brightness: 104%