Winslow Homer, Northeaster

The artist eliminated a key element of this innovative painting five years after he finished it.

Winslow Homer, Northeaster, 1895, reworked by 1901, oil on canvas, 87.6 x 127 cm (The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York). Video from The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Speaker: Met curator H. Barbara Weinberg

Title Northeaster
Artist(s) Winslow Homer
Dates 1895, reworked by 1901
Places North America / United States
Period, Culture, Style Realism
Artwork Type Painting / Landscape painting
Material Oil paint, Canvas
Technique

Cite this page as: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, "Winslow Homer, Northeaster," in Smarthistory, January 22, 2016, accessed February 20, 2025, https://smarthistory.org/winslow-homer-northeaster/.