Winslow Homer

The Gulf Stream

US$ 579.00

A man lies on the deck of a dismasted boat in heavy swell, sharks circling, a waterspout on the horizon and a distant ship that may or may not have seen him. Homer refused to say whether the man is saved. It is the most unsettling picture in American nineteenth-century art and among the most powerful.

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Artist

Winslow Homer (1836-1910) began as a magazine illustrator covering the American Civil War and ended as the outstanding American painter of the sea, living alone on the Maine coast in a studio above the rocks. He made repeated winter trips to the Bahamas and Florida, and the tropical watercolours from those journeys fed the late oils. He answered questions about this painting’s meaning with deliberate unhelpfulness.

Material Archival canvas
Frame Supplied rolled, unframed
Print Fine-art print, printed to order
Size 48 × 29 inches
Delivery 2–3 weeks
Certificate of Authenticity Included, emailed on delivery
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