America, late 19th-early 20th Century / 1900–1903
Early Morning After a Storm at Sea
The Cleveland Museum of Art catalogs Early Morning After a Storm at Sea as painting (America, late 19th-early 20th Century · 1900–1903).
Winslow Homer's studio in Prouts Neck, Maine, is a National Historic Landmark.
A CLOSER LOOK
The museum identifies this painting as oil on canvas and credits Winslow Homer (American, 1836–1910).
The museum's collection notes: 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.
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