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Prisioneros del frente

Winslow Homer American
1866
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 762
En su calidad de artista corresponsal de la revista Harper’s Weekly, Homer había visitado dos veces el frente unionista durante la guerra civil. En este lienzo, pintado tras el fin de la guerra, el brigadier general Francis Channing Barlow captura a soldados y oficiales confederados en la batalla de Spotsylvania (Virginia) en mayo de 1864. Homer tipifica a los combatientes de ambos bandos y crea distancias entre las figuras representadas en posturas contrastantes, expresando así de manera simbólica la ruptura ideológica entre el Norte y el Sur. El cuadro estableció la reputación del pintor en la Academia Nacional de Diseño en Nueva York, y fue expuesto con gran éxito en la Exposición Universal de París de 1867.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Título: Prisioneros del frente
  • Artista: Winslow Homer, estadounidense, 1836–1910
  • Fecha: 1866
  • Material: Óleo sobre lienzo
  • Dimensiones: 61 x 96,5 cm
  • Crédito: Donación de la Sra. de Frank B. Porter, 1922
  • Número de inventario: 22.207
  • Curatorial Department: The American Wing

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