A Light on the Sea
Winslow Homer · 1897 · oil on canvas
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About this picture
A Light on the Sea is a public-domain painting by Winslow Homer, dated 1897. Oil on canvas. The file comes from National Gallery of Art.
“A Light on the Sea” (1897) 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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