Fisherman in Quebec, Canada
Classification
landscapes
Department
Smithsonian Collection
Museum
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Credit
Gift of Charles Savage Homer, Jr.
Accession Number
1912-12-89
About this artwork
A fisherman, standing on a fallen tree trunk, casts his rod into the water. A dense forest of fir trees fills the middleground and distant mountains can be seen in the background.
Art Historical Context
Winslow Homer, one of America's foremost Realist painters, captured the rugged beauty of Quebec's wilderness in *Fisherman in Quebec, Canada* (1895). Standing on a fallen tree trunk, the solitary fisherman casts his rod into shimmering water, embodying the quiet determination of those who commune with nature. Dense fir forests dominate the middle ground, while distant mountains fade into the horizon, creating a layered composition that draws the viewer into the vast, untamed landscape. Created during Homer's late career, when he increasingly sought inspiration in remote locales like Quebec's ...