Study for Eagle Head, Manchester, Massachusetts
Winslow Homer
1869 (?)
Medium
Oil on wood
Dimensions
9 1/2 x 21 1/4 in. (24.1 x 54 cm)
Classification
Painting
Culture
American
Department
The American Wing
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Bequest of Mary Cushing Fosburgh, 1978
Accession Number
1979.135.1
Tags
SeascapesBeaches
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...