Leaving Home (Q18549884)

Label from: English (en)

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genre: battle painting (Q3374353)
artist: Gilbert Gaul (Q5560919)
collection: Birmingham Museum of Art (Q865736)
location: Birmingham Museum of Art (Q865736)
country of origin: United States of America (Q30)
owned by: John Meyer (Q18478760) Birmingham Museum of Art (Q865736)
material used: oil paint (Q296955) canvas (Q12321255)
depicts: soldier (Q4991371) horse (Q726) slave (Q12773225) white people (Q235155) Black people (Q817393) boy (Q3010) man (Q8441) woman (Q467) clock (Q376) rifle (Q124072) rocking chair (Q14963) house cat (Q146) dog (Q144) footstool (Q14973416) carpet (Q163446) fireplace (Q188669) painting (Q3305213) candle (Q12888135) door (Q36794) book (Q571) houseplant (Q203834) tree (Q10884) suit (Q614806) dress (Q200539) uniform (Q7434)
instance of: painting (Q3305213)

catalog URL: https://artsbma.org/collection/leaving-home/

information from the Birmingham Museum of Art catalog

description: Leaving Home reminds us all of the heartache and fear a family has as it sends a loved one off to war. Here the father bravely wishes his son well as those near and dear to him gather round. The model for the young boy leaving for the war was Dan Tanton who attended church

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