The Old Stagecoach is an 1871 painting by American painter Eastman Johnson.[1] Occasionally written as The Old Stage Coach or The Old Stage-Coach, the painting is considered one of Johnson's finest and best known works, second only to his Antebellum masterpiece Negro Life at the South (also known as Old Kentucky Home).[2]
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Artist | Eastman Johnson |
Year | 1871 |
Medium | Oil on canvas |
Movement | Realism |
Dimensions | 92 cm × 153 cm (36 in × 60 in) |
Location | Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, Wisconsin |
Website | http://collection.mam.org/details.php?id=19229 |
Jennifer Greenhill described the canvas in her book Playing It Straight:
Johnson painted the canvas at his studio in Nantucket, Massachusetts.[3] It has been described as his most genial work.[4]
The Old Stagecoach is in the permanent collection of the Milwaukee Art Museum. In the Spring of 2017 the museum built an exhibition around the painting entitled, "Eastman Johnson and a Nation Divided."[5][6]
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