The Conch Divers
Colors in this work
Details
- Artist
- Winslow Homer
- Date
- 1885
- Dimensions
- 35.1 × 50.8 cm
- Holding institution
- Minneapolis Institute of Art
- Palette
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- Image provider
- wikimedia-commons
- License
- Public domain
- Credit
- 1. ArtsConnectEd, a joint project of the Minneapolis Institute of Arts and Walker Art Center2. The Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Art Genome Taxonomy
9 tags
Subject Matter
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Human Figure Visual · 99%
Multiple human figures are visibly arranged across the boat and in the water.
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Work and Workers Both · 98%
The title identifies the subjects as conch divers, and the image shows figures engaged in coordinated physical activity around a boat and in the sea.
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Nautical Visual · 98%
The composition includes a working boat, ropes and rigging, and figures associated with activity on and beside the vessel.
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Waterscapes Visual · 99%
Open blue water occupies much of the middle and right portions of the composition, extending toward the horizon.
Visual Qualities
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Earth Tones Visual · 88%
The palette is dominated by sandy tan, ocher, brown, and rust-colored passages, accompanied by pale blue and turquoise water.
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Asymmetrical Visual · 93%
The boat and figures form an uneven diagonal arrangement, with substantial open water and sky to the right and above.
Medium and Techniques
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Watercolor Metadata · 99%
The museum metadata classifies the work as watercolor and records the medium as watercolor over graphite pencil on wove paper.
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Work on Paper Metadata · 99%
The recorded medium identifies wove paper as the support.
Time Periods
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19th Century Art Metadata · 99%
The work is dated 1885, placing it in the nineteenth century.
Source & rights
Winslow Homer. 1. ArtsConnectEd, a joint project of the Minneapolis Institute of Arts and Walker Art Center2. The Minneapolis Institute of Arts
High-resolution sources
- Original image ↗ 7,704 × 5,356 · Wikimedia Commons · Availability not yet probed