Inside the Bar, from The Century Magazine, November 1883
1883
Medium
Graphic Arts-Print
Classification
Graphic Arts-Print
Department
Smithsonian Collection
Museum
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Credit
Smithsonian American Art Museum, The Ray Austrian Collection, gift of Beatrice L. Austrian, Caryl A. Austrian and James A. Austrian
Accession Number
1996.63.217
Tags
Art Historical Context
**Inside the Bar**, a striking wood engraving by Winslow Homer in *The Century Magazine* in November 1883, captures rugged essence of American coastal life., a master of Realism, transitioned from Civil War illustrations to evocative scenes of nature and labor, often drawing from his time on the Maine coast. This print part of his series on beach life, depicts full-length figures amid the dynamic interplay of sea and shore—likely fishermen or beachgoers near a container such as a barrel, evoking the toils and tranquility of everyday maritime existence. As a graphic arts print, the work showca...
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...