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A Builder of Boats
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Brown's preference for rural subjects in a time when the United States was undergoing rapid industrialization suggests nostalgia for the past. Indeed, A Builder of Boats, 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.
Cleveland Museum of Art’s own descriptionCredit lineA Builder of Boats, c. 1904. John George Brown (American, born England, 1831–1913). Oil on canvas; framed: 98 x 120 x 11 cm (38 9/16 x 47 1/4 x 4 5/16 in.); unframed: 80 x 101.6 cm (31 1/2 x 40 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Hinman B. Hurlbut Collection, 1972.905
