The Wood Gatherers

John William North

Cleveland Museum of Art

The painting depicts a landscape with two women. One woman is wearing a blue top and a long, maroon skirt; she is slightly bent over and holds a tool that appears to be used for gathering wood. The woman is on a hillside with green and brown grass, yellow wildflowers, and patches of bare earth; she faces left and slightly down. The second woman has long brown hair and wears a long brown dress; she stands behind the first woman on higher ground and faces left. The background shows more rolling hills with green and brown grass. The sky is gray and cloudy. The scene depicts people gathering wood.