# My Day at Home, in Early modernism

William H. Howe painted this in 1906, aged 60. It is now at the Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington, DC.

From the museum's label:

> William Henry Howe made a name for himself in France and the United States as a painter of animals. His farm scenes provided patrons with an antidote to the unnerving changes in American society brought about by industrialization.

_Text from the Smithsonian American Art Museum._

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## The work

- Date: 1906
- Medium: oil on canvas
- Dimensions: 24 1/8 x 30 1/8 in. (61.3 x 76.6 cm)
- Type: Painting
- Courtesy of the Smithsonian American Art Museum, 1909.7.30
- Licence: CC0 1.0

## The artist

[William H. Howe](https://www.ochreeditions.com/artists/william-h-howe), born Ravenna, OH 1846-died Bronxville, NY 1929

1 works in the collection.

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