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Download a Free Met Podcast Today: American Stories: Paintings of Everyday Life, 1765–1915: Winslow Homer's Civil War

When

Oct 12, 2009 – Jan 31, 2010

Daily

Where

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The Metropolitan Museum of Art (Venue Partner)

1000 Fifth Ave at 82nd St

212.535.7710

Directions: Main Building: Take the 4, 5, or 6 train to 86th Street and walk to Fifth Avenue; OR take the M1, M2, M3, or M4 bus along Fifth Avenue. The Cloisters: Take the A train to 190th Street and walk, or transfer to the M4 bus and ride north one stop.

Price

Free

The Metropolitan Museum of Art says…

Distinguished Civil War scholar James McPherson speaks about Pitching Quoits and The Veteran in a New Field, two of the Winslow Homer paintings in the exhibition American Stories: Paintings of Everyday Life, 1765–1915, on view now through January 24, 2010.

To download the podcast, click here.

 

Image: Winslow Homer, 1836–1910. Pitching Quoits, 1865. Harvard University Art Museums, Fogg Art Museum, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Frederic Haines Curtiss. © President and Fellows of Harvard College. Photograph by Katya Kallsen