Santiago de Cuba: Street Scene
1885 Museum of Fine Arts Boston
About this artwork
This watercolor depicts a sun-drenched street scene in Santiago de Cuba with vibrant colonial architecture and a figure on horseback. It is part of the work Homer produced during his travels to the Caribbean in the mid-1880s.
Did you know?
Winslow Homer, famous for his dramatic seascapes, found the intense light and color of the Caribbean profoundly transformative during his 1885 visit. This trip marked a significant shift in his artistic career, leading him to adopt a more fluid and luminous watercolor style that captured the atmospheric clarity of the region. These works were celebrated for their immediacy and captured the everyday life of Cuba with a refreshing, unadorned perspective.
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Santiago de Cuba: Street Scene
Winslow Homer, 1885
