Sunset at Gloucester
Colors in this work
Details
- Artist
- Winslow Homer
- Date
- 1880
- Dimensions
- 33 × 60.3 cm
- Holding institution
- Addison Gallery of American Art
- Palette
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- Image provider
- wikimedia-commons
- License
- Public domain
- Credit
- Addison Gallery of American Art
Art Genome Taxonomy
9 tags
Subject Matter
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Landscapes and Waterscapes Visual · 99%
The composition is dominated by open water, a distant shoreline, sky, and reflected light, making it a landscape centered on a waterscape.
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Times of Day Both · 99%
The title identifies a sunset, and the image shows low warm light, a glowing horizon, and a darkening sky.
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Modes of Transportation Visual · 99%
Two boats with prominent masts, rigging, and sails are depicted on the water.
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Reflections Visual · 95%
Reflections of the vessels, shoreline light, and sky colors extend across the surface of the water.
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Atmospheric Landscapes Visual · 96%
The scene is rendered through layered cloud bands, atmospheric haze, a low horizon, and diffuse changing light.
Medium and Techniques
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Watercolor Metadata · 99%
The catalog classifies the work as watercolor and records the medium as watercolor and graphite pencil on paper.
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Work on Paper Metadata · 99%
The catalog explicitly identifies paper as the support.
Time Periods
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19th Century Art Metadata · 99%
The work is dated 1880, placing it within nineteenth-century art.
Geographic Regions
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American Art Metadata · 98%
The artist is identified as American in the canonical metadata.
Source & rights
Winslow Homer. Addison Gallery of American Art
High-resolution sources
- Original image ↗ 5,812 × 3,168 · Wikimedia Commons · Availability not yet probed