View of Santiago de Cuba
1885 National Gallery of Art
About this artwork
A watercolor landscape depicting a town with red-roofed houses, a central church with a dome, and distant mountains under a cloudy sky. Signed and dated by the artist in the lower left corner.
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Winslow Homer traveled to Cuba in 1885, a trip that marked a significant shift in his artistic focus toward tropical light and vibrant coastal scenes. His watercolors from this period are highly regarded for their fluid handling of the medium and their ability to capture the specific humid atmosphere of the Caribbean.
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View of Santiago de Cuba
Winslow Homer, 1885
