Cleveland Museum of Art

Early Morning After a Storm at Sea

Date

1900–1903

Medium

oil on canvas

Culture

America, late 19th-early 20th Century

Department

American Painting and Sculpture

Institution

Cleveland Museum of Art

The powerful Atlantic surf pounding against the desolate coast of Prouts Neck, Maine, provided primary subject matter for the dramatic paintings that Homer created during his final decades. This example, which the artist proclaimed as "the best picture of the sea that I have painted," was initially conceived as a watercolor. Undertaking the composition in oil after a lapse of nearly two decades, Homer patiently waited for the appropriate atmospheric conditions, executing the work in four different sessions spread over two years. Winslow Homer's studio in Prouts Neck, Maine, is a National Historic Landmark.

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