Startled
1878 Philadelphia Museum of Art
About this artwork
A watercolor painting featuring a woman in a long red dress standing on a beach near the shoreline, looking down at a piece of driftwood or seaweed. It exhibits Homer's mastery of the watercolor medium and his interest in coastal themes during the late 19th century.
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Winslow Homer, one of America's foremost landscape and marine painters, spent significant time in coastal regions like Gloucester and the Maine coast. This work demonstrates his transition toward more atmospheric, painterly effects that would later define his iconic depictions of the sea and human struggle against nature.
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Startled
Winslow Homer, 1878
