Winslow Homer
1836–1910 · Realism, Impressionism · 25 works
Winslow Homer began as an illustrator and reported on the American Civil War for Harper’s Weekly. His paintings later turned to children, rural work, and seaside life, before the ocean became a central subject. A stay in the fishing community of Cullercoats, England, in 1881–82 deepened his attention to the people who depended on the sea. From his home at Prouts Neck, Maine, he painted fishing, rescue, and breaking waves. Oil and watercolor offered different ways to describe the uneasy balance between human effort and the force of water.
25 works · 1863–1899
In The Herring Net, follow the fishermen’s gestures and the tilt of their boat. What seems to keep the scene balanced?
