Fly Fishing, Saranac Lake
Winslow Homer · 1889 · Etching and aquatint with lavis, stopping-out, scraping, and burnishing, on moderately thick, smooth, cream simulated Japanese vellum
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Marked public domain (CC0) by the Art Institute of Chicago.
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About this picture
Fly Fishing, Saranac Lake is a public-domain illustration by Winslow Homer, dated 1889. Etching and aquatint with lavis, stopping-out, scraping, and burnishing, on moderately thick, smooth, cream simulated Japanese vellum. The file comes from Art Institute of Chicago.
“Fly Fishing, Saranac Lake” (1889) is observed weather, sea, or work. Homer started as an illustrator and later painted the water with very little idealizing.
About the artist
Winslow Homer (1836–1910) was an American painter of the sea, rural work, and the Civil War. He started as an illustrator and later painted the Maine coast in blunt, observed weather.
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