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| '''''Northeaster''''' is one of several paintings on marine subjects by the late-19th-century American painter ], like '']'' and '']'', he created it during his time in ].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.encyclopedia.com/topic/Winslow_Homer.aspx|title=Winslow Homer|publisher=www.encyclopedia.com|accessdate=2014}}</ref> It is on display in the ] in New York. The viewers are presented a struggle of elements between the sea and the rocky shore.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://global.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/419590/Northeaster|title=Northeaster (painting)|publisher=global.britannica.com|accessdate=2014}}</ref> | '''''Northeaster''''' is one of several paintings on marine subjects by the late-19th-century American painter ], like '']'' and '']'', he created it during his time in ].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.encyclopedia.com/topic/Winslow_Homer.aspx|title=Winslow Homer|publisher=www.encyclopedia.com|accessdate=2014}}</ref> It is on display in the ] in New York. The viewers are presented a struggle of elements between the sea and the rocky shore.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://global.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/419590/Northeaster|title=Northeaster (painting)|publisher=global.britannica.com|accessdate=2014}}</ref> | ||
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| Artist | Winslow Homer |
| Year | 1895 (1895) |
| Type | Oil on canvas |
| Dimensions | 87.6 cm × 127 cm (34.5 in × 50 in) |
| Location | Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, US |
| Accession | 10.64.5 |
| Website | www |
Northeaster is one of several paintings on marine subjects by the late-19th-century American painter Winslow Homer, like Fog Warning and Breezing Up, he created it during his time in Maine. It is on display in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. The viewers are presented a struggle of elements between the sea and the rocky shore.
Background and description
After extensive travel, Homer settled in Prouts Neck, Maine. He had a studio built for him, which was completed in 1884, and painted marine subjects, including the hard lives of the fishermen and their families. He increasingly chose to depict the sea itself, and was especially attracted to stormy seas. Many of his paintings depict the battlefront of the sea and the shore, the waves crashing onto the rocky shore. This painting shows the waves while the Northeaster blows. Northeasters are storms along the upper East Coast of the United States that derive their name from the direction of the wind. The painting dates from 1895, but Homer reworked it by 1901.
Provenance
Northeaster was at M. Knoedler and Company of New York in 1895 and then in 1895–96 with Thomas B. Clarke, also in New York. It was then returned to Homer in Maine. In 1900 it was again with Knoedler. From 1901 to 1910 it was owned by George A. Hearn, also of New York, who gave it to the Metropolitan Museum.
References
- "Winslow Homer". www.encyclopedia.com. Retrieved 2014.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=(help) - "Northeaster (painting)". global.britannica.com. Retrieved 2014.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=(help) - These marine paintings are supreme expressions of the power, danger, and beauty of the sea
- ^ "Collection - Northeaster". www.metmuseum.org. Retrieved 2014.
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Further reading
- Nicolai Cikovsky, Jr., Winslow Homer, Harry N. Abrams, New York, 1990, pp. 11–13, ISBN 0-8109-1193-0
- Elizabeth Johns, Winslow Homer: The Nature of Observation, University of California Press, Berkeley, 2002, p. 9, ISBN 0-520-22725-5
- Randall C. Griffin, Winslow Homer: An American Vision. Phaidon Press, New York, 2006, ISBN 0-7148-3992-2