Two Schooners, Gloucester
1880 Philadelphia Museum of Art
About this artwork
This watercolor depicts a harbor scene in Gloucester, Massachusetts, featuring two prominent sailing schooners on the water. It exemplifies Homer's mastery of the watercolor medium to capture light and atmosphere in maritime subjects.
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Winslow Homer spent the summer of 1880 in Gloucester, Massachusetts, a period widely recognized as a turning point in his artistic career. During this time, he moved away from his earlier narrative illustration work to focus almost exclusively on watercolors, developing the fluid, light-filled style that would make him one of America's greatest masters of the medium.
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Two Schooners, Gloucester
Winslow Homer, 1880
