The Gleaners
Datenot dated
Artist
Emlen McConnell
(American illustrator, 1872–1947)
Illustration CitationEmlen McConnell studied with Howard Pyle and worked as an illustrator until about 1925.
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions21 × 27 in. (53.3 × 68.6 cm)
frame: 26 × 32 in. (66 × 81.3 cm)
frame: 26 × 32 in. (66 × 81.3 cm)
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Adelaide Mott McConnell, 1970
Object number1970-24
On View
Not on viewClassificationsPAINTING
Label TextEmlen McConnell studied with Howard Pyle and worked as an illustrator until about 1925, with commissions from Harper's publications, Scribner's, and The Saturday Evening Post, among other magazines. He also illustrated books, including an edition of Nathaniel Hawthorne's Twice-Told Tales. From the 1920s on, he dedicated himself to painting. This work may have been inspired by Jean-Francois Millet's famous painting The Gleaners (1857).
