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Early Morning After a Storm at Sea

1900–1903
(American, 1836–1910)
America, late 19th-early 20th Century
oil on canvas
Framed: 111 x 160 x 12 cm (43 11/16 x 63 x 4 3/4 in.); Unframed: 76.8 x 127 cm (30 1/4 x 50 in.)
Gift of J. H. Wade 1924.195
Location: 208 American Gilded Age and Realism
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Winslow Homer's studio in Prouts Neck, Maine, is a National Historic Landmark.

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The powerful Atlantic surf pounding against the desolate coast of Prouts Neck, Maine, provided primary subject matter for the dramatic paintings that Homer created during his final decades. This example, which the artist proclaimed as "the best picture of the sea that I have painted," was initially conceived as a watercolor. Undertaking the composition in oil after a lapse of nearly two decades, Homer patiently waited for the appropriate atmospheric conditions, executing the work in four different sessions spread over two years.
Horizontally oriented oil painting of a grey-cast seascape with dark brown rocks contrasting with the grey-white glint of water that foams in thick swabs of paint. Above streak grey clouds, light occasionally filtering through. The choppy water in front of the rocks reflects cream and peach, calming to a smooth grey and peach surface towards the horizon.

Early Morning After a Storm at Sea

1900–1903

Winslow Homer

(American, 1836–1910)
America, late 19th-early 20th Century

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