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Winslow Homer — Spearing Eels
Winslow Homer

Spearing Eels

1880

Combining Homer's signature watercolor brilliance with a quintessentially American subject, this nocturnal scene captures both the physicality of the fishermen's work and the mysterious beauty of twilight on water.

Medium
watercolor with graphite

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Winslow Homer, Spearing Eels, 1880

Combining Homer's signature watercolor brilliance with a quintessentially American subject, this nocturnal scene captures both the physicality of the fishermen's work and the mysterious beauty of twilight on water.

Medium
watercolor with graphite
Year
1880
Seen at
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

Related themes

Nineteenth Century, Naturalistic, Watercolor, Graphite, Realist, Figures, Eels, American, River Scene, Landscape, Fishing, Water, Works on Paper, Nature, Narrative, Modern, Earth Tones, Drawing, Unique Work

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Cleveland Museum of Art, Art Institute of Chicago