This painting shows a landscape with tall palm trees and bright green ferns by a body of water. In the background is a dense, dark forest in shades of black and dark blue. Closest to us, light blue water flows horizontally across the painting. In the bottom left corner, there is a long gray canoe that appears to have a person sitting in it, wearing red and holding a long white fishing line. The color palette includes shades of green for the trees and soft blue, white, and grey for the sky. The brushstrokes in the painting are loose and expressive, allowing colors to overlap and blend together.

Red Shirt, Homosassa, Florida

Winslow Homer

This painting shows a landscape with tall palm trees and bright green ferns by a body of water. In the background is a dense, dark forest in shades of black and dark blue. Closest to us, light blue water flows horizontally across the painting. In the bottom left corner, there is a long gray canoe that appears to have a person sitting in it, wearing red and holding a long white fishing line. The color palette includes shades of green for the trees and soft blue, white, and grey for the sky. The brushstrokes in the painting are loose and expressive, allowing colors to overlap and blend together.

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Details
Artist
Winslow Homer
Date
1904
Medium
watercolor over graphite on wove paper
Dimensions
sheet: 35.4 × 50.2 cm (13 15/16 × 19 3/4 in.)
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
Gift of Ruth K. Henschel in memory of her husband, Charles R. Henschel

Art Genome Taxonomy

11 tags

Subject Matter

  • Landscapes Both · 99%

    The image depicts a broad natural setting of palms, dense vegetation, shoreline, sky, and water; the catalog title identifies the location as Homosassa, Florida.

  • Waterscapes Visual · 98%

    A horizontal blue-gray body of water occupies the lower edge of the composition, bordering the shoreline and canoe.

  • Flora Visual · 99%

    Tall palms, ferns, forest growth, shoreline, and open sky dominate the composition.

  • Figures in Nature Visual · 90%

    A small seated figure in a canoe appears within the wooded waterside environment.

  • Modes of Transportation Visual · 94%

    The long, low canoe is a clearly depicted means of transportation on the water.

Visual Qualities

  • Dark Colors Visual · 92%

    Dark blue-green vegetation contrasts with the pale sky and water, with a concentrated red accent in the figure’s shirt.

Medium and Techniques

  • Watercolor Metadata · 100%

    The catalog classifies the work as a drawing and identifies the medium as watercolor over graphite on wove paper.

  • Drawing Metadata · 100%

    The museum catalog classifies the object as a drawing.

  • Work on Paper Metadata · 100%

    The stated support is wove paper.

  • Stains/Washes Visual · 96%

    The image is formed through translucent, overlapping watercolor washes and loose broken brushwork, especially in the sky, palms, and forest.

Time Periods

  • 1900 - 1917 Art Both · 100%

    The catalog dates the work to 1904, placing it within the 1900–1917 period.

Source & rights

Winslow Homer. Red Shirt, Homosassa, Florida. Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington.

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