Three Boys on the Shore
1873 Terra Foundation for American Art
About this artwork
This watercolor depicts three boys lying on a rocky, sun-drenched shoreline, with the sea and distant ships visible in the background. It is a classic example of Homer's mastery of the medium, capturing the leisure and atmosphere of coastal life in late 19th-century America.
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Winslow Homer, one of America's foremost painters, began focusing seriously on watercolor in the 1870s while visiting Gloucester, Massachusetts. This work captures the period when he was transitioning away from his work as a magazine illustrator toward the evocative, light-filled marine scenes that would define his later career.
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Three Boys on the Shore
Winslow Homer, 1873
