START WITH ART: Peeling Onions

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Title: Peeling Onions

Artist: Lilly Martin Spencer

Date: 1852

Medium: Oil on panel

Dimensions: 91.4 x 73.7 cm

Start with Art Questions:

• What is happening in this painting? Why is the woman crying? 

• Have you ever cut or peeled an onion? What was your reaction? 

• What other foods do you see in the painting? What do you suppose the woman is making?