Winslow Homer, 1885 - The Herring Net - fine art print

Original information about the artwork from the museum's website (© Copyright - by Art Institute Chicago - Art Institute Chicago)

In 1883 Winslow Homer moved to the small coastal village of Prouts Neck, Maine, where he created a series of paintings of the sea unparalleled in American art. Long inspired by the subject, Homer had spent summers visiting New England fishing villages during the 1870s, and in 1881–82 he made a trip to a fishing community in Cullercoats, England, that fundamentally changed his work and his life. The paintings he created after 1882 focus almost exclusively on humankind’s age-old contest with nature. Here Homer depicted the heroic efforts of fishermen at their daily work, hauling in an abundant catch of herring. In a small dory, two figures loom large against the mist on the horizon, through which the sails of the mother schooners are dimly visible. While one fisherman hauls in the netted and glistening herring, the other unloads the catch. Utilizing the teamwork so necessary for survival, both strive to steady the precarious boat as it rides the incoming swells. Homer’s isolation of these two figures underscores the monumentality of their task: the elemental struggle against a sea that both nurtures and deprives.

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In the year 1885 the American artist Winslow Homer painted the painting "The Herring Net". The version of the piece of art had the following size of 76,5 × 122,9 cm (30 1/8 × 48 3/8 in). Oil on canvas was used by the American artist as the medium of the painting. Signed, lower right: "Homer 85" was the masterpiece's inscription. The artwork can be viewed in in the digital collection of Art Institute Chicago. We are delighted to mention that this public domain artwork is included with courtesy of Art Institute Chicago. : Mr. and Mrs. Martin A. Ryerson Collection. Furthermore, alignment is in landscape format and has an aspect ratio of 3 : 2, which implies that the length is 50% longer than the width. Winslow Homer was a painter of American nationality, whose artistic style can primarily be classified as Realism. The North American artist lived for 74 years, born in 1836 in Boston, Suffolk county, Massachusetts, United States and deceased in the year 1910 in Prouts Neck, Cumberland county, Maine, United States.

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