Winslow Homer observed the shoreline in various weather conditions and seasons after moving to live in near isolation in Prouts Neck, Maine, in 1883. Amid the remote and dramatic landscape, he depicted seascapes void of human life, focusing instead on an emotional response to nature. His marine scenes are larger than his earlier works, the size of the canvases emphasize the vastness and power of the sea. Homer alluded to the violence of water through the sharply diagonal shoreline and vigorous brushwork. The flat areas of color that he employed to represent the rugged rocks simultaneously hint at abstraction.
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Milo M. Naeve, “The Edwardian Era and Patrons of American Art at The Art Institute of Chicago: the Birth of a Tradition,” America’s International Exposition of Fine Arts and Antiques, (Lakeside Group, 1988), p. 22, fig. 3.
Judith A. Barter, et al., American Arts at The Art Institute of Chicago: From Colonial Times to World War I (Art Institute of Chicago, 1998).
Judith A. Barter, et al., The Age of American Impressionism: Masterpieces from the Art Institute of Chicago (Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 2011), cat. 9.
Victor Hugo, “La Légende des siècles de Victor Hugo – Les petites épopées,” complied by Pierre Georgel (Citadelles & Mazenod, 2013), (ill.).
Santa Barbara Museum of Art, California, Painting Today and Yesterday in the United States, June 5–Sept. 1, 1941, cat. 23.
Decatur Art Center, Ill., Masterpieces of European and American Art, Mar. 4–25, 1945, cat. 2.
Springfield Art Association, Ill., Masterpieces of European and American Art, Apr. 4–30, 1945, cat. 2.
Milwaukee Art Institute, Nineteenth Century American Masters, Feb. 20–Mar. 28, 1948, cat. 12.
Milwaukee–Downer College, Wisconsin, A Century of Landscape Painting by American Artists, 1851–1951, Feb. 13 – Mar. 23, 1951, cat. no. 4. *only checklist on back of symposium brochure, The Arts in Society, Milwaukee–Downer College Feb. 13, 1951.
Cleveland Museum of Art, Reckoning with Winslow Homer, Sept. 19–Nov. 18, 1990, fig. 14; Columbus Museum of Art, Ohio, Dec. 16, 1990–Feb. 10, 1991; Washington, DC, Corcoran Museum of Art, Mar16–May 12, 1991.
Nagaoka, Japan, Niigata Prefectural Museum of Modern Art, Shikago Bijutsukan Ten: Kindai Kaiga no 100–nen [Masterworks of Modern Art from the Art Institute of Chicago], Apr. 20–May 29, 1994, cat.; Nagoya, Aichi Prefectural Museum of Art, June 10–July 24, 1994; Yokohama Museum of Art, Aug. 6–Sept. 25, 1994.
Portland Art Museum, Maine, Weatherbeaten: the Late Paintings of Winslow Homer, Sept. 20–Dec. 30, 2012.
Arthur Jerome Eddy, Chicago, from c. 1893 to 1931; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1931.
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