Mrs. Charles R. Henschel

Henschel, Ruth K.

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Winslow Homer, Sketch for "Hound and Hunter", 1891/1892, watercolor on wove paper, Gift of Ruth K. Henschel in memory of her husband, Charles R. Henschel, 1975.92.7

Sketch for "Hound and Hunter"

Winslow Homer · 1891/1892 · watercolor on wove paper ·  Accession ID  1975.92.7

Charcoal-gray clouds fill most of the sky over a turquoise-blue body of water in this horizontal watercolor painting. The gray clouds on the left become more blue as they move to the right. The water is framed by low hills sloping down from both sides, which are painted in cinnamon and dark brown with touches of forest green and topped with a few slender, windblown trees. Several black rocks form a curve along the lower right side of a cove directly in front of us. Loose strokes of brown, tan, and pale blue fill the lower right corner below them. On the horizon, at the center of the composition, is a dark gray finger of land with a tiny steamship drifting by, smoke rising from its two smokestacks. The artist signed and dated the lower left, “Homer 1901.”
Winslow Homer, The Coming Storm, 1901, watercolor over graphite on wove paper, Gift of Ruth K. Henschel in memory of her husband, Charles R. Henschel, 1975.92.3

The Coming Storm

Winslow Homer · 1901 · watercolor over graphite on wove paper ·  Accession ID  1975.92.3

A buck jerks to the right as it leaps toward us, over a boulder and away from a rolling river in this horizontal watercolor painting. The buck is just right of center, and his body scissors, presumably as a gunshot lands. His curling horns nearly meet in an oval overhead, and one front leg is pulled up. The river is painted with tones of spruce green and sapphire, topaz, and celestial blue. The black silhouettes of two animals, either more deer or dogs, are in the distance to the right, and a white puff is along the far bank to the left. The forested background is painted broadly with tones of earthy green, tan, and smoky blue. The artist signed and dated the watercolor in the lower left corner, “Oct 12 1892 Homer.”
Winslow Homer, A Good Shot, Adirondacks, 1892, watercolor on wove paper, Gift of Ruth K. Henschel in memory of her husband, Charles R. Henschel, 1975.92.5

A Good Shot, Adirondacks

Winslow Homer · 1892 · watercolor on wove paper ·  Accession ID  1975.92.5

A white boat with sails lowered floats in an aquamarine-blue ocean under a pale, sapphire-blue sky in this horizontal watercolor painting. To our right of center, the boat floats with its right, starboard side facing us and the bow angled slightly away. The white sails bunch up under the lowered, horizontal booms just above the top of the boat. The masts and rigging extend off the top of the composition. A group of a few people are gathered in the bow, on the far side of the sails. They are painted loosely but appear to have brown skin and red or black clothing. Waves lap against the side of the boat. To our left, an island or sliver of land with three palm trees deep in the distance lines the horizon, which comes about a third of the way up the composition. The water and sky are painted with layers of pale washes. The artist signed and dated the work in the lower left corner with dark paint: “HOMER KEY WEST 1903.”
Winslow Homer, Key West, Hauling Anchor, 1903, watercolor over graphite on wove paper, Gift of Ruth K. Henschel in memory of her husband, Charles R. Henschel, 1975.92.9

Key West, Hauling Anchor

Winslow Homer · 1903 · watercolor over graphite on wove paper ·  Accession ID  1975.92.9

Winslow Homer, Red Shirt, Homosassa, Florida, 1904, watercolor over graphite on wove paper, Gift of Ruth K. Henschel in memory of her husband, Charles R. Henschel, 1975.92.13

Red Shirt, Homosassa, Florida

Winslow Homer · 1904 · watercolor over graphite on wove paper ·  Accession ID  1975.92.13

Winslow Homer, Blue Spring, Florida, 1890, watercolor on wove paper, Gift of Ruth K. Henschel in memory of her husband, Charles R. Henschel, 1975.92.1

Blue Spring, Florida

Winslow Homer · 1890 · watercolor on wove paper ·  Accession ID  1975.92.1

Winslow Homer, The Lone Fisherman, 1889, watercolor over graphite on wove paper, Gift of Ruth K. Henschel in memory of her husband, Charles R. Henschel, 1975.92.10

The Lone Fisherman

Winslow Homer · 1889 · watercolor over graphite on wove paper ·  Accession ID  1975.92.10

Winslow Homer, Hauling in the Nets, 1887, watercolor over graphite on wove paper, Gift of Ruth K. Henschel in memory of her husband, Charles R. Henschel, 1975.92.6

Hauling in the Nets

Winslow Homer · 1887 · watercolor over graphite on wove paper ·  Accession ID  1975.92.6

Winslow Homer, Casting, Number Two, 1894, watercolor over graphite on wove paper, Gift of Ruth K. Henschel in memory of her husband, Charles R. Henschel, 1975.92.2

Casting, Number Two

Winslow Homer · 1894 · watercolor over graphite on wove paper ·  Accession ID  1975.92.2

We look across a coral-pink beach that curves around a royal-blue bay, under a glimmering, pale blue sky in this horizontal watercolor landscape. The area of the beach closest to us is cast under a pale, plum-purple shadow. The beach curves away from us and to the right, like a backward C. At the curve, a short distance from us, a bank of emerald-green vegetation and a scrubby, dark green tree leads back to a low, grassy hill. A pair of two-story buildings with oyster-white walls and bright white roofs perch on the spit of land opposite us, across the water. Pale pink boats are pulled up onto the beach in front of and to our left of the buildings. The buildings and the green hill reflect in the water, which laps against the sand closest to us with bands of azure blue. More loosely painted buildings line the horizon, which comes about a third of the way up the composition. Two brick-red smudges to our left could be people standing at the water’s edge in the distance. The sky above has puffy white clouds against a brilliant blue sky. The artist signed the painting in the lower left, “HOMER.” In the lower right, the location and date are written in dark gray, “Salt Kettle Dec 1899.”
Winslow Homer, Salt Kettle, Bermuda, 1899, watercolor over graphite on wove paper, Gift of Ruth K. Henschel in memory of her husband, Charles R. Henschel, 1975.92.15

Salt Kettle, Bermuda

Winslow Homer · 1899 · watercolor over graphite on wove paper ·  Accession ID  1975.92.15