The Water Fan
Winslow Homer · 1898/99 · Watercolor, with blotting and touches of scraping, over graphite, on thick, rough twill-textured, ivory wove paper
Public domain
Marked public domain (CC0) by the Art Institute of Chicago.
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About this picture
The Water Fan is a public-domain drawing by Winslow Homer, dated 1898/99. Watercolor, with blotting and touches of scraping, over graphite, on thick, rough twill-textured, ivory wove paper. The file comes from Art Institute of Chicago.
“The Water Fan” (1898/99) 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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