Sunset at Gloucester

Sunset at Gloucester

Winslow Homer

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Details

Artist
Winslow Homer
Date
1880
Dimensions
33 × 60.3 cm
Holding institution
Addison Gallery of American Art
Image provider
wikimedia-commons
License
Public domain
Credit
Addison Gallery of American Art

Art Genome Taxonomy

9 tags

Subject Matter

  • The composition is dominated by open water, a distant shoreline, sky, and reflected light, making it a landscape centered on a waterscape.

  • Times of Day Both · 99%

    The title identifies a sunset, and the image shows low warm light, a glowing horizon, and a darkening sky.

  • Modes of Transportation Visual · 99%

    Two boats with prominent masts, rigging, and sails are depicted on the water.

  • Reflections Visual · 95%

    Reflections of the vessels, shoreline light, and sky colors extend across the surface of the water.

  • Atmospheric Landscapes Visual · 96%

    The scene is rendered through layered cloud bands, atmospheric haze, a low horizon, and diffuse changing light.

Medium and Techniques

  • Watercolor Metadata · 99%

    The catalog classifies the work as watercolor and records the medium as watercolor and graphite pencil on paper.

  • Work on Paper Metadata · 99%

    The catalog explicitly identifies paper as the support.

Time Periods

  • 19th Century Art Metadata · 99%

    The work is dated 1880, placing it within nineteenth-century art.

Geographic Regions

  • American Art Metadata · 98%

    The artist is identified as American in the canonical metadata.

Source & rights

Winslow Homer. Addison Gallery of American Art

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