Boat Builder, John George Brown , c. 1904, Cleveland Museum of Art: American Painting and SculptureB
Boat Builder, John George Brown , c. 1904, Cleveland Museum of Art: American Painting and SculptureBrown’s preference for rural subjects in a time when the United States was undergoing rapid industrialization suggests nostalgia for the past. Indeed, Boat Builder, an image of an elderly craftsman working alone with hand tools in a tranquil setting replete with his sleeping dog, offered its contemporary audience a distinct alternative to mechanized factory production.Size: Framed: 98 x 120 x 11 cm (38 9/16 x 47 ¼ x 4 5/16 in.); Unframed: 80 x 101.6 cm (31 ½ x 40 in.)Medium: oil on canvashttps://clevelandart.org/art/905.1972 -- source link
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