Past Exhibition

Winslow Homer Watercolors

This painting shows a landscape with a village seen from above. The view includes red rooftops and a white church with dome-shaped structures. In the background, there are distant mountains in shades of purple, blue, and red. There are dark green trees on the left, in front of what looks like a pale body of water. Closest to us is a strip of green that suggests a hilltop. The sky above is cloudy, with shades of gray and cream. The brushstrokes in the painting are thick and fluid.
Winslow Homer, View of Santiago de Cuba, 1885, watercolor and pen and black ink over graphite on wove paper, Bequest of Julia B. Engel, 1984.58.4

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    West Building, Ground Floor, Central Gallery (3,000 sq. ft.)
This painting shows a landscape with a village seen from above. The view includes red rooftops and a white church with dome-shaped structures. In the background, there are distant mountains in shades of purple, blue, and red. There are dark green trees on the left, in front of what looks like a pale body of water. Closest to us is a strip of green that suggests a hilltop. The sky above is cloudy, with shades of gray and cream. The brushstrokes in the painting are thick and fluid.
Winslow Homer, View of Santiago de Cuba, 1885, watercolor and pen and black ink over graphite on wove paper, Bequest of Julia B. Engel, 1984.58.4

Overview: 99 watercolors created by Winslow Homer during the years between 1873 and 1905 were borrowed from 60 public and private American collections to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the artist's birth.

Organization: The exhibition was organized by Helen A. Cooper, curator at Yale University Art Gallery. Nicolai Cikovsky Jr. was coordinator at the National Gallery. Gaillard Ravenel and Mark Leithauser designed the exhibition, and Gordon Anson designed the lighting for the National Gallery.

Sponsor: The exhibition was supported by IBM Corporation.

Attendance: 431,880

Catalog: Winslow Homer Watercolors, by Helen A. Cooper. Washington, DC: National Gallery of Art, 1986.

Brochure: Winslow Homer Watercolors. Washington, DC: National Gallery of Art, 1986.

Other Venues:

  • Amon Carter Museum, Fort Worth, 06/06/1986–07/27/1986
  • Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut, 09/11/1986–11/02/1986

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