Four Fishwives on the Beach
1881 National Gallery of Art
About this artwork
A watercolor painting depicting four women carrying large baskets walking along a sandy beach. The work is executed with thin washes of watercolor on paper.
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This work was created during Winslow Homer's transformative stay in the English coastal village of Cullercoats in 1881. The resilient and hardworking fishwives he observed there deeply impacted his art, marking a pivotal shift from his earlier lighthearted American scenes to the more serious, monumental figures that would define his later career.
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Four Fishwives on the Beach
Winslow Homer, 1881
