“At the Window”

“At the Windown” By: Winslow Homer (1872)

Homer uses high contrast in this painting. The woman’s figure is almost undefinable in the bottom half of the painting, however there is a strong light highlighting her face, and the greenery outside the window adds light as well

Homer creates a sense of texture in the trees and grass outside the window by painting with more dotted and short strokes.

There is a strong use of actual line in the painting defining the boundaries of the window and the room. Homer causes the viewer the follow the young ladies gaze through implied line.

The horizontal lines create a sense of calmness in the artwork however the rigid vertical lines of the chair and the corner of the wall fight against this calmness and make the young girl seem unsatisfied in this setting