The men in this painting were well-known wilderness guides in the Adirondack Mountains of New York, a region the artist visited regularly. Their axes and the felled trees nearby suggest they are clearing trails for hikers and hunters. Homer’s richly colored scene alludes not only to the inevitable cycles of life—from summer to autumn and sapling to stump––but also the transfer of experience from elder to youth.
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