Boat Builder (Q60482798)
Label from: English (en)
artist:
John George Brown (Q2919973)
collection:
Cleveland Museum of Art (Q657415)
location:
Cleveland Museum of Art (Q657415)
instance of:
painting (Q3305213)
catalog URL: https://clevelandart.org/art/905.1972
information from the Cleveland Museum of Art catalog
description: Brown's preference for rural subjects in a time when the United States was undergoing rapid industrialization suggests nostalgia for the past. Indeed, Boat Builder, an image of an elderly craftsman working alone with hand tools in a tranquil setting replete with his sleeping dog, offered its contemporary audience a distinct alternative to mechanized factory production.
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