# The Red School House, in The American Gilded Age

Winslow Homer painted this in 1873, aged 37. It is now at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC.

Our note:

> A young woman, perhaps the schoolteacher, stands holding her books in a striped white dress and ruffled hat, her head turned away, while behind her the red schoolhouse glows under a pale sunset sky and a few small figures gather at the door.

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## The work

- Date: 1873
- Medium: oil on canvas
- Dimensions: overall: 55.5 x 39.5 cm (21 7/8 x 15 9/16 in.) framed: 65.4 x 49.9 x 4.4 cm (25 3/4 x 19 5/8 x 1 3/4 in.)
- Type: Painting
- Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1985.64.21
- Licence: CC0 1.0

## The artist

[Winslow Homer](https://www.ochreeditions.com/artists/winslow-homer), American, 1836–1910

Homer began as an illustrator, covering the Civil War for Harper’s Weekly, and first made his name in painting with scenes of soldiers and country life.

16 works in the collection.

## Walk on

- [More by Winslow Homer](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/artist/winslow-homer?hang=750) (16 works)
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