Eastern Point
1900 Clark Art Institute
About this artwork
An oil on canvas depicting the rugged Maine coastline with powerful waves crashing against jagged dark rocks. It captures the raw, elemental force of the Atlantic Ocean typical of the artist's late career.
Did you know?
Winslow Homer spent his later years living in Prouts Neck, Maine, where he became obsessed with the relentless power of the ocean. He often studied the waves for hours, aiming to capture their exact movement and weight with a sense of truth that had never been seen in American marine painting before. This work exemplifies his transition toward a more vigorous, less detailed, and highly atmospheric style that focused on the sheer energy of nature.
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Eastern Point
Winslow Homer, 1900
