The artwork titled “Winter Fields,” created by Andrew Wyeth in 1942, is a tempera painting on canvas belonging to the Contemporary Realism movement. This landscape artwork is currently housed in the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York City, NY, US.
The artwork portrays a serene yet haunting scene of a winter landscape. Dominating the foreground is a lifeless black crow lying amidst the dry, yellowing grasses. The detailed depiction of each grass blade reflects Wyeth’s meticulous attention to realism and texture. The rolling fields stretch out into the distance, under a pale, expansive sky, with small, distant buildings dotting the horizon. The overall muted color palette and somber subject matter evoke a sense of quiet desolation and introspection.
