Hudson River, Logging
This painting shows a body of water in between wooded mountains. On top of the water there are several long wooden logs with people on them. One of the people stands atop a large log, while the other appears to sit or recline. The people both wear hats, and one of them holds a long stick with a pointed end. The water is a vibrant blue, and the logs are in shades of brown, tan, and yellow. The forest behind the water has trees in shades of dark and light green. The sky has clouds in white and gray against a blue background. The brushstrokes in the artwork are loose, and some of the colors bleed into one another.
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Details
- Artist
- Winslow Homer
- Date
- 1891-1892
- Dimensions
- sheet: 14 x 20 5/8 in. (35.6 x 52.4 cm)
- Department
- CG-W
- Holding institution
- National Gallery of Art
- Palette
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- Image provider
- national-gallery-of-art
- License
- CC0-1.0
- Credit
- Corcoran Collection (Museum Purchase, 1903)
Art Genome Taxonomy
10 tags
Subject Matter
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Landscapes and Waterscapes Both · 99%
The title identifies the Hudson River and logging, while the image clearly shows a broad body of water bordered by wooded slopes and crossed by multiple floating logs.
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Water Visual · 99%
Blue water occupies much of the lower portion of the composition, with broken white, blue, and dark strokes indicating ripples and moving current.
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Figures in Nature Both · 99%
Two human figures are visibly situated among the logs in the river, and the catalog description confirms their presence within the landscape.
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Work and Workers Both · 97%
The title names logging, and the image shows two figures working or moving among floating timber, including one figure holding a long pole.
Visual Qualities
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Bright and Vivid Colors Visual · 95%
The work uses strongly saturated blues and blue-greens in the water and sky, with contrasting ocher, yellow, orange-red, and deep green passages.
Medium and Techniques
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Drawing Metadata · 99%
The National Gallery of Art classifies the work as a drawing and specifies watercolor over graphite on wove paper.
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Watercolor Both · 99%
The catalog identifies watercolor over graphite on wove paper, and the image visibly exhibits transparent washes, soft transitions, and fluid color passages.
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Work on Paper Metadata · 99%
The catalog specifies wove paper as the support and gives sheet dimensions of 14 x 20 5/8 inches.
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Large Brushstrokes/Loose Brushwork Both · 97%
The catalog describes the brushstrokes as loose, and the image is built from broad, open brushwork across the sky, trees, water, and logs.
Time Periods
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19th Century Art Metadata · 99%
The catalog dates the work to 1891–1892, placing it within the nineteenth century.
Source & rights
Winslow Homer. Hudson River, Logging. Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington.
High-resolution sources
- IIIF image service ↗ 7,587 × 5,175 · National Gallery Of Art · Available