The Signal of Distress
Winslow Homer · 1891 · photogravure in black on wove paper
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About this picture
The Signal of Distress is a public-domain illustration by Winslow Homer, dated 1891. Photogravure in black on wove paper. The file comes from National Gallery of Art.
“The Signal of Distress” (1891) 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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