WINSLOW HOMER
“Summer night” - 1890
oil on canvas, 76.7- 102 cm. - Paris, Musée d' Orsay
Winslow Homer was arguably the most important painter of the American 19th century Art, an original and innovating artist with a special talent for the seascapes (The Gulf Stream, 1899, Metropolitan Museum of Art)
In his last years, Winslow Homer moved to a small New England coastal town, where he started to paint scenes from the daily life of the sailors. "Summer Night" is arguably Homer's most recognizable painting. The spontaneity with which the artist represents the charm and magic of a summer night makes of this painting one of the masterworks of the North American painting.
Text: G. Fernández, www.theartwolf.com
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