Where can you see Winslow Homer in New York?

At the Metropolitan Museum of Art: The Gulf Stream, Northeaster and Snap the Whip. Museums move and lend their works, so check before a special journey.

What is Winslow Homer's most famous work in New York?

The Gulf Stream, of 1899, at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. A Black sailor lies on the deck of a dismasted boat, with sharks round it, a waterspout on the horizon, and a ship too far off to see him. Asked what became of the man, Homer answered, with some impatience, that he would be rescued.

When and where was Winslow Homer born?

On 24 February 1836, at Boston, Massachusetts. Winslow Homer died on 29 September 1910, at Prouts Neck, Maine, aged about 74.

What is Winslow Homer known for?

Began as a war artist for Harper's Weekly. Lived alone on the coast of Maine for his last twenty-seven years. The Met bought The Gulf Stream in 1906, in his lifetime. Winslow Homer was an American painter, of American Realism.

Painter, 1836 to 1910

Winslow Homer

Winslow Homer taught himself to paint, and painted the sea better than any American before or since. The Metropolitan Museum bought his pictures while he was alive.

Born: 1836, Boston, Massachusetts
Died: 1910, Prouts Neck, Maine
Movement: American Realism
In New York: 3 works in 1 museum

Where to see Winslow Homer in New York

Each work with the museum it hangs in. Museums move and lend their works, so check before a special journey.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art3 works

The Gulf Stream
1899
A Black sailor lies on the deck of a dismasted boat, with sharks round it, a waterspout on the horizon, and a ship too far off to see him. Asked what became of the man, Homer answered, with some impatience, that he would be rescued.
Northeaster
1895
Nothing but a green wave rising and spray bursting over black rock. He painted two figures on the shore and then took them out.
Snap the Whip
1872
Barefoot boys play a game in front of a red schoolhouse, hand in hand in a line that is about to break. It was a picture of the country healing after the war.

The life of Winslow Homer

Homer was born in Boston in 1836 and began as an illustrator. Harper's Weekly sent him to draw the Civil War, and his first paintings were of soldiers. For twenty years he painted country life: children, farm girls, summer afternoons.

In 1883 he moved to a studio on the coast of Maine, at Prouts Neck, and lived there alone until his death. The people left his pictures. What remained was the sea in winter, and on trips to the Bahamas and Cuba, the sea under the sun. The Met bought The Gulf Stream in 1906 on the urging of his fellow painters.

What to know

Began as a war artist for Harper's Weekly
Lived alone on the coast of Maine for his last twenty-seven years
The Met bought The Gulf Stream in 1906, in his lifetime

Born: 24 February 1836, Boston, Massachusetts
Died: 29 September 1910, Prouts Neck, Maine

Winslow Homer: common questions

Where can you see Winslow Homer in New York?: At the Metropolitan Museum of Art: The Gulf Stream, Northeaster and Snap the Whip. Museums move and lend their works, so check before a special journey.
What is Winslow Homer's most famous work in New York?: The Gulf Stream, of 1899, at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. A Black sailor lies on the deck of a dismasted boat, with sharks round it, a waterspout on the horizon, and a ship too far off to see him. Asked what became of the man, Homer answered, with some impatience, that he would be rescued.
When and where was Winslow Homer born?: On 24 February 1836, at Boston, Massachusetts. Winslow Homer died on 29 September 1910, at Prouts Neck, Maine, aged about 74.
What is Winslow Homer known for?: Began as a war artist for Harper's Weekly. Lived alone on the coast of Maine for his last twenty-seven years. The Met bought The Gulf Stream in 1906, in his lifetime. Winslow Homer was an American painter, of American Realism.

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