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Prized Possessions: 'Crossing the Pasture’ by Winslow Homer captures the American spirit of independence
By ANDREW MARTON
dfw.com
What it is: Crossing the Pasture (1871-72) by Winslow Homer, oil on canvas
Where it is: Amon Carter Museum
Why we like it: Marking the day after Independence Day, the quintessential American holiday, it’s appropriate to celebrate Winslow Homer, one of America’s most revered painters, whose Crossing the Pasture hangs in the Amon Carter Museum, arguably one of the country’s greatest temples of American art. There is so much in this Homer canvas: its pastoral serenity, with the two figures ambling through a shadow-dappled meadow, as the surroundings and the figures all exude a sense of freedom. The work engages in a rousing brushwork oratory to the essential independence upon which this country was founded.
Andrew Marton is a Star-Telegram senior arts writer, 817-390-7679
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