Eastman Johnson, Gathering Lilies, 1865, oil on board, Paul Mellon Fund and Gift of Jo Ann & Julian Ganz, Jr. in Memory of Margaret and Raymond Horowitz, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Gathering Lilies, 1865
Artist: American Eastman Johnson (1824-1906)
Have you ever picked a water lily? Like the young girl above? Although she is a memory of another era, the year the Civil War ended in the United States. Yet, American genre artist Eastman Johnson captures a moment of calm and peace, far from the combat of the battlefield. Where the beauty of nature can be held in human hands, exquisite but fleeting, difficult to preserve, except by the power of visual media, whether through the painting above or the photographs below.
Photo by W. Elisabeth Larson
Photo by W. Elisabeth Larson
Photo by W. Elisabeth Larson
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