For to Be a Farmer's Boy — Winslow Homer Fine Art Poster
For to Be a Farmer's Boy — Winslow Homer Fine Art Poster
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The Story in the Margin
Painted in 1887 at Prout's Neck, Maine, this watercolor shows a boy pausing from harvesting pumpkins to gaze toward the setting sun, a return to the theme of rural childhood Winslow Homer had explored earlier in his career. Its title comes from an old English folk song about a farmer's boy, and technical analysis has since revealed that its now-faded sky originally glowed with washes of orange and pink sunset color. The painting is held in the collection of the Art Institute of Chicago.
Printed with archival giclée inks on smooth, acid-free 220 gsm gallery-grade fine-art paper; available in multiple sizes.
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I would buy from this shop again without much thought. The smaller elements of For to Be are clear enough to reward a close look. The poster came rolled in a rigid tube with caps on both ends. Good shop, good product, small quibble on cost.
I bought this as a housewarming gift and kept it a day before wrapping it. I have wanted something by Homer in this house for years, and For to Be was the right pick. The quality of the materials is obvious the moment you handle it. My mother has strong opinions about how a house should look, and even she liked this one.
I bought this to fill an awkward corner and it did much more than that. I have already ordered two more for other rooms. We keep the porch doors open most of the year and the colors have not shifted.
This turned out better than the photos led me to expect. It brought For to Be into the house at a price I could actually justify. It survived a move from Ohio to Michigan in the back of a pickup.
It arrived two days after I ordered, which I did not expect. Owning For to Be means more to me than generic art ever could, and Homer is part of that.