Winslow Homer Painting Reproductions 1 of 2
1836-1910
American Realist Painter
Winslow Homer (February 24, 1836 - September 29, 1910) was an American landscape painter, most famous for his marines. Largely self-taught, he is considered one of the foremost painters in 19th century America, and a preeminent figure in American art.
Early life
Born in Boston, Massachusetts, Homer was apprenticed to a Boston commercial lithographer at the age of 19. By 1857 his freelance illustration career was underway and he contributed to magazines such as Ballou's Pictorial and Harper's Weekly. His early works, mostly commercial engravings, are characterized by clean outlines, simplified forms, dramatic contrast of light and dark, and lively figure groupings - qualities that remained important throughout his career.
In 1859 he opened a studio in New York City, and began his painting career. Harper's sent Homer to the front lines of the American Civil War (1861 - 1865), where he sketched battle scenes and mundane camp life. His initial sketches were of the camp and army of the famous Union officer, Major General George B. McClellan at the banks of the Potomac River in October, 1861. Although the drawings did not get much attention at the time, they mark Homer's transition from illustrator to painter. Back at his studio after the war, Homer set to work on a series of war-related paintings, among them Sharpshooter on Picket Duty, and Prisoners from the Front, which is noted for its objectivity and realism.
Early landscapes
After exhibiting at the National Academy of Design, Homer traveled to Paris, France in 1867 where he remained for a year. He practiced landscape painting while continuing to work for Harper's. Though his interest in depicting natural light parallels that of the impressionists, there is no evidence of direct influence.
Throughout the 1870s he painted mostly rural or idyllic scenes of farm life, children playing, and young adults courting. Homer gained acclaim as a painter in the late 1870s and early 1880s. His 1872 composition, Snap-the-Whip, was exhibited at the 1876 Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Homer was a member of the The Tile Club, a group of artists and writers who met frequently to exchange ideas and organize outings for painting. Homer's nickname in The Tile Club was The Obtuse Bard. Other well known Tilers were painters William Merritt Chase, Arthur Quartley, and the sculptor Augustus Saint Gaudens.
In 1873 Homer started painting with watercolours. His impact on the medium would be revolutionary. Homer's watercolor paintings exhibit a fresh, spontaneous, loose, yet natural style. Thereafter, he seldom travelled without paper, brushes and water based paints. Homer once remarked, "You will see, in the future, I will live by my watercolors".
England
In 1875 Homer quit working as a commercial illustrator. He travelled widely, spending two years (1881 - 1882) in the English coastal village of Cullercoats, Northumberland, where he rekindled his boyhood interest in the sea, and painted the local fisherfolk. Many of the paintings at Cullercoats took as their subjects young women mending nets or looking out to sea; they are imbued with a solidity, sobriety, and earthy heroism which was new to Homer's art, and they presage the direction of his future work.
Maine and maturity
Back in the U.S., he moved to Prout's Neck, Maine (in Scarborough) and painted the seascapes for which he is best known. Notable among these dramatic struggle-with-nature images are Banks Fisherman, Eight Bells, The Gulf Stream, Rum Cay, Mending the Nets, and Searchlight, Harbor Entrance, Santiago de Cuba. Although Homer never taught, these works strongly influenced succeeding generations of American painters for their direct and energetic interpretation of man's stoic relationship to an often neutral and sometimes harsh wilderness (See Lost on the Grand Banks, collection of Bill Gates). Robert Henri called Homer's work an "integrity of nature". (Robert Henri, The Art Spirit, HarperCollins, 1984).
In the winter Homer ventured to warmer locations in Florida, Cuba, and the Bahamas. Additionally he found inspiration in a number of summer trips to the North Woods Club, near the hamlet of Minerva, New York in the Adirondack Mountains. It was on these fishing vacations that he experimented freely with the watercolor medium, producing works of the utmost vigor and subtlety, hymns to solitude.
Homer died at the age of 74 in his Prout's Neck studio and was interred in the Mount Auburn Cemetery in Cambridge, Massachusetts. His painting, Shoot the Rapids, remains unfinished.
Early life
Born in Boston, Massachusetts, Homer was apprenticed to a Boston commercial lithographer at the age of 19. By 1857 his freelance illustration career was underway and he contributed to magazines such as Ballou's Pictorial and Harper's Weekly. His early works, mostly commercial engravings, are characterized by clean outlines, simplified forms, dramatic contrast of light and dark, and lively figure groupings - qualities that remained important throughout his career.
In 1859 he opened a studio in New York City, and began his painting career. Harper's sent Homer to the front lines of the American Civil War (1861 - 1865), where he sketched battle scenes and mundane camp life. His initial sketches were of the camp and army of the famous Union officer, Major General George B. McClellan at the banks of the Potomac River in October, 1861. Although the drawings did not get much attention at the time, they mark Homer's transition from illustrator to painter. Back at his studio after the war, Homer set to work on a series of war-related paintings, among them Sharpshooter on Picket Duty, and Prisoners from the Front, which is noted for its objectivity and realism.
Early landscapes
After exhibiting at the National Academy of Design, Homer traveled to Paris, France in 1867 where he remained for a year. He practiced landscape painting while continuing to work for Harper's. Though his interest in depicting natural light parallels that of the impressionists, there is no evidence of direct influence.
Throughout the 1870s he painted mostly rural or idyllic scenes of farm life, children playing, and young adults courting. Homer gained acclaim as a painter in the late 1870s and early 1880s. His 1872 composition, Snap-the-Whip, was exhibited at the 1876 Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Homer was a member of the The Tile Club, a group of artists and writers who met frequently to exchange ideas and organize outings for painting. Homer's nickname in The Tile Club was The Obtuse Bard. Other well known Tilers were painters William Merritt Chase, Arthur Quartley, and the sculptor Augustus Saint Gaudens.
In 1873 Homer started painting with watercolours. His impact on the medium would be revolutionary. Homer's watercolor paintings exhibit a fresh, spontaneous, loose, yet natural style. Thereafter, he seldom travelled without paper, brushes and water based paints. Homer once remarked, "You will see, in the future, I will live by my watercolors".
England
In 1875 Homer quit working as a commercial illustrator. He travelled widely, spending two years (1881 - 1882) in the English coastal village of Cullercoats, Northumberland, where he rekindled his boyhood interest in the sea, and painted the local fisherfolk. Many of the paintings at Cullercoats took as their subjects young women mending nets or looking out to sea; they are imbued with a solidity, sobriety, and earthy heroism which was new to Homer's art, and they presage the direction of his future work.
Maine and maturity
Back in the U.S., he moved to Prout's Neck, Maine (in Scarborough) and painted the seascapes for which he is best known. Notable among these dramatic struggle-with-nature images are Banks Fisherman, Eight Bells, The Gulf Stream, Rum Cay, Mending the Nets, and Searchlight, Harbor Entrance, Santiago de Cuba. Although Homer never taught, these works strongly influenced succeeding generations of American painters for their direct and energetic interpretation of man's stoic relationship to an often neutral and sometimes harsh wilderness (See Lost on the Grand Banks, collection of Bill Gates). Robert Henri called Homer's work an "integrity of nature". (Robert Henri, The Art Spirit, HarperCollins, 1984).
In the winter Homer ventured to warmer locations in Florida, Cuba, and the Bahamas. Additionally he found inspiration in a number of summer trips to the North Woods Club, near the hamlet of Minerva, New York in the Adirondack Mountains. It was on these fishing vacations that he experimented freely with the watercolor medium, producing works of the utmost vigor and subtlety, hymns to solitude.
Homer died at the age of 74 in his Prout's Neck studio and was interred in the Mount Auburn Cemetery in Cambridge, Massachusetts. His painting, Shoot the Rapids, remains unfinished.
93 Winslow Homer Paintings
By the Shore c.1870
Oil Painting
$610
$610
SKU: HOM-3852
Winslow Homer
Original Size: unknown
Private Collection
Winslow Homer
Original Size: unknown
Private Collection
Portrait of Albert Post 1866
Oil Painting
$663
$663
Canvas Print
$49.05
$49.05
SKU: HOM-5561
Winslow Homer
Original Size: 31.8 x 26.7 cm
Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, California, USA
Winslow Homer
Original Size: 31.8 x 26.7 cm
Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, California, USA
The Veteran in a New Field 1865
Oil Painting
$923
$923
Canvas Print
$49.05
$49.05
SKU: HOM-5562
Winslow Homer
Original Size: 61.3 x 96.8 cm
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA
Winslow Homer
Original Size: 61.3 x 96.8 cm
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA
Early Morning after Storm at Sea 1902
Oil Painting
$904
$904
Canvas Print
$49.05
$49.05
SKU: HOM-5568
Winslow Homer
Original Size: 76.8 x 127 cm
Cleveland Museum of Art, Ohio, USA
Winslow Homer
Original Size: 76.8 x 127 cm
Cleveland Museum of Art, Ohio, USA
The Gulf Stream 1899
Oil Painting
$990
$990
Canvas Print
$49.05
$49.05
SKU: HOM-5569
Winslow Homer
Original Size: 71.4 x 124.8 cm
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA
Winslow Homer
Original Size: 71.4 x 124.8 cm
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA
High Cliff, Coast of Maine 1894
Oil Painting
$923
$923
Canvas Print
$58.12
$58.12
SKU: HOM-5570
Winslow Homer
Original Size: 76.5 x 97 cm
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, USA
Winslow Homer
Original Size: 76.5 x 97 cm
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, USA
The Fog Warning 1885
Oil Painting
$980
$980
Canvas Print
$49.05
$49.05
SKU: HOM-5571
Winslow Homer
Original Size: 76.8 x 123.2 cm
Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Massachusetts, USA
Winslow Homer
Original Size: 76.8 x 123.2 cm
Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Massachusetts, USA
Gloucester, Mackerel Fleet at Dawn 1884
Oil Painting
$648
$648
Canvas Print
$49.05
$49.05
SKU: HOM-5572
Winslow Homer
Original Size: 39.7 x 95.9 cm
Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Massachusetts, USA
Winslow Homer
Original Size: 39.7 x 95.9 cm
Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Massachusetts, USA
Gloucester, Mackerel Fleet at Sunset 1884
Oil Painting
$641
$641
Canvas Print
$49.05
$49.05
SKU: HOM-5573
Winslow Homer
Original Size: 39.7 x 95.9 cm
Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Massachusetts, USA
Winslow Homer
Original Size: 39.7 x 95.9 cm
Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Massachusetts, USA
The Cotton Pickers 1876
Oil Painting
$1217
$1217
Canvas Print
$49.05
$49.05
SKU: HOM-5574
Winslow Homer
Original Size: 61 x 96.8 cm
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, California, USA
Winslow Homer
Original Size: 61 x 96.8 cm
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, California, USA
The Four-Leaf Clover 1873
Oil Painting
$958
$958
SKU: HOM-5575
Winslow Homer
Original Size: unknown
Detroit Institute of Arts, Michigan, USA
Winslow Homer
Original Size: unknown
Detroit Institute of Arts, Michigan, USA
The Dinner Horn 1873
Oil Painting
$701
$701
Canvas Print
$49.05
$49.05
SKU: HOM-5576
Winslow Homer
Original Size: 30.2 x 36.2 cm
Detroit Institute of Arts, Michigan, USA
Winslow Homer
Original Size: 30.2 x 36.2 cm
Detroit Institute of Arts, Michigan, USA
Rocky Coast and Gulls 1869
Oil Painting
$631
$631
Canvas Print
$49.05
$49.05
SKU: HOM-5577
Winslow Homer
Original Size: 41.3 x 71.5 cm
Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Massachusetts, USA
Winslow Homer
Original Size: 41.3 x 71.5 cm
Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Massachusetts, USA
Prisoners from the Front 1866
Oil Painting
$1224
$1224
Canvas Print
$49.05
$49.05
SKU: HOM-5578
Winslow Homer
Original Size: 61 x 96.5 cm
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA
Winslow Homer
Original Size: 61 x 96.5 cm
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA
Croquet Scene 1866
Oil Painting
$810
$810
Canvas Print
$49.05
$49.05
SKU: HOM-5579
Winslow Homer
Original Size: 40.3 x 66.2 cm
Art Institute of Chicago, Illinois, USA
Winslow Homer
Original Size: 40.3 x 66.2 cm
Art Institute of Chicago, Illinois, USA
The Bright Side 1865
Oil Painting
$870
$870
Canvas Print
$49.05
$49.05
SKU: HOM-5580
Winslow Homer
Original Size: 32.4 x 43.2 cm
Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, California, USA
Winslow Homer
Original Size: 32.4 x 43.2 cm
Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, California, USA
Croquet Players 1865
Oil Painting
$1078
$1078
Canvas Print
$49.05
$49.05
SKU: HOM-5581
Winslow Homer
Original Size: 40.6 x 66 cm
Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, USA
Winslow Homer
Original Size: 40.6 x 66 cm
Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, USA
The Briarwood Pipe 1864
Oil Painting
$926
$926
Canvas Print
$49.05
$49.05
SKU: HOM-5582
Winslow Homer
Original Size: 42.8 x 37.5 cm
Cleveland Museum of Art, Ohio, USA
Winslow Homer
Original Size: 42.8 x 37.5 cm
Cleveland Museum of Art, Ohio, USA
Playing Old Soldier 1863
Oil Painting
$1112
$1112
SKU: HOM-5583
Winslow Homer
Original Size: 40.6 x 30.5 cm
Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Massachusetts, USA
Winslow Homer
Original Size: 40.6 x 30.5 cm
Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Massachusetts, USA
The Herring Net 1885
Oil Painting
$885
$885
Canvas Print
$49.05
$49.05
SKU: HOM-8307
Winslow Homer
Original Size: 76.5 x 123 cm
Art Institute of Chicago, Illinois, USA
Winslow Homer
Original Size: 76.5 x 123 cm
Art Institute of Chicago, Illinois, USA
Dressing for the Carnival 1877
Oil Painting
$1029
$1029
Canvas Print
$49.06
$49.06
SKU: HOM-15732
Winslow Homer
Original Size: 50.8 x 76.2 cm
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA
Winslow Homer
Original Size: 50.8 x 76.2 cm
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA
Cannon Rock 1895
Oil Painting
$904
$904
Canvas Print
$73.66
$73.66
SKU: HOM-15733
Winslow Homer
Original Size: 101.6 x 101.6 cm
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA
Winslow Homer
Original Size: 101.6 x 101.6 cm
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA
Camp Fire 1880
Oil Painting
$891
$891
Canvas Print
$49.05
$49.05
SKU: HOM-15734
Winslow Homer
Original Size: 60.3 x 96.8 cm
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA
Winslow Homer
Original Size: 60.3 x 96.8 cm
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA
Eagle Head, Manchester, Massachusetts (High Tide) 1870
Oil Painting
$982
$982
Canvas Print
$50.01
$50.01
SKU: HOM-15735
Winslow Homer
Original Size: 66 x 96.5 cm
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA
Winslow Homer
Original Size: 66 x 96.5 cm
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA
Rainy Day in Camp 1871
Oil Painting
$1147
$1147
Canvas Print
$49.05
$49.05
SKU: HOM-15736
Winslow Homer
Original Size: 50.8 x 91.4 cm
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA
Winslow Homer
Original Size: 50.8 x 91.4 cm
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA
Northeaster 1895
Oil Painting
$737
$737
Canvas Print
$50.82
$50.82
SKU: HOM-15737
Winslow Homer
Original Size: 87.6 x 127 cm
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA
Winslow Homer
Original Size: 87.6 x 127 cm
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA
The Studio 1867
Oil Painting
$669
$669
Canvas Print
$49.05
$49.05
SKU: HOM-15738
Winslow Homer
Original Size: 45.7 x 38 cm
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA
Winslow Homer
Original Size: 45.7 x 38 cm
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA
Snap the Whip 1872
Oil Painting
$969
$969
Canvas Print
$49.05
$49.05
SKU: HOM-15739
Winslow Homer
Original Size: 30.5 x 50.8 cm
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA
Winslow Homer
Original Size: 30.5 x 50.8 cm
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA
A Summer Night 1890
Oil Painting
$993
$993
Canvas Print
$55.15
$55.15
SKU: HOM-15740
Winslow Homer
Original Size: 76.7 x 102 cm
Musee d'Orsay, Paris, France
Winslow Homer
Original Size: 76.7 x 102 cm
Musee d'Orsay, Paris, France
Searchlight on Harbor Entrance, Santiago de Cuba 1901
Oil Painting
$737
$737
Canvas Print
$49.05
$49.05
SKU: HOM-15741
Winslow Homer
Original Size: 77.5 x 128.3 cm
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA
Winslow Homer
Original Size: 77.5 x 128.3 cm
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA
Long Branch, New Jersey 1869
Oil Painting
$715
$715
Canvas Print
$50.99
$50.99
SKU: HOM-15742
Winslow Homer
Original Size: 38 x 54.6 cm
Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Massachusetts, USA
Winslow Homer
Original Size: 38 x 54.6 cm
Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Massachusetts, USA
Eight Bells 1886
Oil Painting
$834
$834
Canvas Print
$62.45
$62.45
SKU: HOM-15743
Winslow Homer
Original Size: 64 x 76.6 cm
Addison Gallery of American Art, Andover, USA
Winslow Homer
Original Size: 64 x 76.6 cm
Addison Gallery of American Art, Andover, USA
Fox Hunt 1893
Oil Painting
$739
$739
Canvas Print
$49.05
$49.05
SKU: HOM-15744
Winslow Homer
Original Size: 96.5 x 172.7 cm
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, USA
Winslow Homer
Original Size: 96.5 x 172.7 cm
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, USA
The Two Guides 1876
Oil Painting
$982
$982
Canvas Print
$49.05
$49.05
SKU: HOM-15745
Winslow Homer
Original Size: 61 x 97.8 cm
The Clark Art Institute, Massachusetts, USA
Winslow Homer
Original Size: 61 x 97.8 cm
The Clark Art Institute, Massachusetts, USA
The Bridle Path, White Mountains 1868
Oil Painting
$1010
$1010
Canvas Print
$49.05
$49.05
SKU: HOM-15746
Winslow Homer
Original Size: 61 x 96.5 cm
The Clark Art Institute, Massachusetts, USA
Winslow Homer
Original Size: 61 x 96.5 cm
The Clark Art Institute, Massachusetts, USA
West Point, Prout's Neck 1900
Oil Painting
$910
$910
Canvas Print
$49.05
$49.05
SKU: HOM-15747
Winslow Homer
Original Size: 76.2 x 122 cm
The Clark Art Institute, Massachusetts, USA
Winslow Homer
Original Size: 76.2 x 122 cm
The Clark Art Institute, Massachusetts, USA
Girl and Laurel 1879
Oil Painting
$807
$807
Canvas Print
$49.05
$49.05
SKU: HOM-15748
Winslow Homer
Original Size: 57.5 x 40 cm
Detroit Institute of Arts, Michigan, USA
Winslow Homer
Original Size: 57.5 x 40 cm
Detroit Institute of Arts, Michigan, USA
The Life Line 1884
Oil Painting
$985
$985
Canvas Print
$49.05
$49.05
SKU: HOM-15767
Winslow Homer
Original Size: 72.7 x 113.7 cm
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Pennsylvania, USA
Winslow Homer
Original Size: 72.7 x 113.7 cm
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Pennsylvania, USA
A Huntsman and Dogs 1891
Oil Painting
$993
$993
Canvas Print
$49.05
$49.05
SKU: HOM-15768
Winslow Homer
Original Size: 71.4 x 122 cm
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Pennsylvania, USA
Winslow Homer
Original Size: 71.4 x 122 cm
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Pennsylvania, USA
Winter Coast 1890
Oil Painting
$729
$729
Canvas Print
$65.41
$65.41
SKU: HOM-15769
Winslow Homer
Original Size: 91.8 x 80.5 cm
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Pennsylvania, USA
Winslow Homer
Original Size: 91.8 x 80.5 cm
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Pennsylvania, USA
To the Rescue 1886
Oil Painting
$739
$739
Canvas Print
$58.80
$58.80
SKU: HOM-15770
Winslow Homer
Original Size: 61 x 76.2 cm
Phillips Collection, Washington, USA
Winslow Homer
Original Size: 61 x 76.2 cm
Phillips Collection, Washington, USA
Girl with Pitchfork 1867
Oil Painting
$641
$641
Canvas Print
$49.05
$49.05
SKU: HOM-15771
Winslow Homer
Original Size: 61 x 26.6 cm
Phillips Collection, Washington, USA
Winslow Homer
Original Size: 61 x 26.6 cm
Phillips Collection, Washington, USA
The Country School 1871
Oil Painting
$1224
$1224
Canvas Print
$49.05
$49.05
SKU: HOM-15772
Winslow Homer
Original Size: 54 x 97.2 cm
Saint Louis Art Museum, Missouri, USA
Winslow Homer
Original Size: 54 x 97.2 cm
Saint Louis Art Museum, Missouri, USA
Undertow 1886
Oil Painting
$1372
$1372
Canvas Print
$49.05
$49.05
SKU: HOM-15773
Winslow Homer
Original Size: 75.7 x 121 cm
The Clark Art Institute, Massachusetts, USA
Winslow Homer
Original Size: 75.7 x 121 cm
The Clark Art Institute, Massachusetts, USA
Summer Squall 1904
Oil Painting
$737
$737
Canvas Print
$58.39
$58.39
SKU: HOM-15774
Winslow Homer
Original Size: 61.6 x 76.8 cm
The Clark Art Institute, Massachusetts, USA
Winslow Homer
Original Size: 61.6 x 76.8 cm
The Clark Art Institute, Massachusetts, USA
Eastern Point 1900
Oil Painting
$610
$610
Canvas Print
$49.05
$49.05
SKU: HOM-15775
Winslow Homer
Original Size: 76.8 x 123.2 cm
The Clark Art Institute, Massachusetts, USA
Winslow Homer
Original Size: 76.8 x 123.2 cm
The Clark Art Institute, Massachusetts, USA
Saco Bay 1896
Oil Painting
$769
$769
Canvas Print
$49.05
$49.05
SKU: HOM-15776
Winslow Homer
Original Size: 60.5 x 96.4 cm
The Clark Art Institute, Massachusetts, USA
Winslow Homer
Original Size: 60.5 x 96.4 cm
The Clark Art Institute, Massachusetts, USA
Sleigh Ride (Moonlight on the Snow) c.1890/95
Oil Painting
$510
$510
Canvas Print
$49.05
$49.05
SKU: HOM-15777
Winslow Homer
Original Size: 35.7 x 51 cm
The Clark Art Institute, Massachusetts, USA
Winslow Homer
Original Size: 35.7 x 51 cm
The Clark Art Institute, Massachusetts, USA