Fish and Butterflies
1900
About this artwork
This watercolor depicts a perch suspended in dark, murky water, flanked by two yellow swallowtail butterflies. The lower portion of the composition shows a sandy shoreline rendered in warm, sandy tones against the deep, shadowy water.
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Winslow Homer, one of the foremost American painters of the 19th century, produced this work during his later years while living at Prout's Neck, Maine. The juxtaposition of the aquatic fish and the terrestrial butterflies creates a dreamlike, almost surreal quality that is uncharacteristically poetic for his typically robust maritime and landscape scenes.
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Fish and Butterflies
Winslow Homer, 1900
