Sunset
Winslow Homer
c. 1875
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
overall: 39.4 x 57.2 cm (15 1/2 x 22 1/2 in.) framed: 57.2 x 74.9 cm (22 1/2 x 29 1/2 in.)
Classification
Painting
Department
CAB
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of John W. Beatty, Jr.
Accession Number
1964.4.1
About the Artist
Winslow Homer · 1836–1910
Winslow Homer (1836-1910) was one of America's greatest painters and a preeminent figure in 19th-century American art. Largely self-taught, Homer began his career as a commercial illustrator and Civil War correspondent for Harper's Weekly before becoming renowned for his powerful marine subjects and landscape paintings. His mastery of both oil and watercolor, combined with his uncompromising reali...