Winslow Homer

(American, 1836–1910)

Room Paintings holds 42 paintings by Winslow Homer, from The Met, the National Gallery of Art, the Art Institute of Chicago and the Cleveland Museum of Art. They date from 1863 to 1909. We file most of them under Realism, and some under Impressionism. The most common subjects are women, men and seascapes. 35 of them suit a room in our lists, most often the living room and bedroom.

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Realism 42
Impressionism 5

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The 40 paintings

Close to us, a young man and three boys sit or recline in a small sailboat that tips to our left on a choppy dark green sea in this horizontal painting.

Winslow Homer Breezing Up (A Fair Wind), 1873-1876 National Gallery of Art

Painting of two fishermen in small wooden boat on rocky seas.

Winslow Homer The Herring Net, 1885 Art Institute of Chicago

The Gulf Stream, Winslow Homer, 1899; reworked by 1906, oil on canvas

Winslow Homer The Gulf Stream, 1899; reworked by 1906 The Met

The Veteran in a New Field, Winslow Homer, 1865, oil on canvas

Winslow Homer The Veteran in a New Field, 1865 The Met

Painting of four figures in blue, red, brown dresses playing croquet.

Winslow Homer Croquet Scene, 1866 Art Institute of Chicago

Mount Washington, Winslow Homer, 1869, oil on canvas

Winslow Homer Mount Washington, 1869 Art Institute of Chicago

Coast of Maine, Winslow Homer, 1893, oil on canvas

Winslow Homer Coast of Maine, 1893 Art Institute of Chicago

Early Morning After a Storm at Sea, Winslow Homer, 1900–1903, oil on canvas

Winslow Homer Early Morning After a Storm at Sea, 1900–1903 Cleveland Museum of Art

Harvest Scene, Winslow Homer, ca. 1873, oil on canvas

Winslow Homer Harvest Scene, ca. 1873 The Met

Maine Coast, Winslow Homer, 1896, oil on canvas

Winslow Homer Maine Coast, 1896 The Met

Moonlight, Wood Island Light, Winslow Homer, 1894, oil on canvas

Winslow Homer Moonlight, Wood Island Light, 1894 The Met

Searchlight on Harbor Entrance, Santiago de Cuba, Winslow Homer, 1902, oil on canvas

Winslow Homer Searchlight on Harbor Entrance, Santiago de Cuba, 1902 The Met

Shooting the Rapids, Saguenay River, Winslow Homer, 1905–10, oil on canvas with chalk

Winslow Homer Shooting the Rapids, Saguenay River, 1905–10 The Met

Study for Eagle Head, Manchester, Massachusetts, Winslow Homer, 1869 (?), oil on wood

Winslow Homer Study for Eagle Head, Manchester, Massachusetts, 1869 (?) The Met

Boys in a Dory, Winslow Homer, 1873, watercolor washes and gouache over graphite underdrawing on medium rough textured white wove paper

Winslow Homer Boys in a Dory, 1873 The Met

Sparrow Hall, Winslow Homer, c. 1881-1882, oil on canvas

Winslow Homer Sparrow Hall, c. 1881-1882 National Gallery of Art

Four women with pale, peach skin, wearing long white dresses, stand or sit on a sunny beach in this wide, horizontal painting. People and carriages are painted as hazy gray silhouettes spread along the beach in the distance.

Winslow Homer East Hampton Beach, Long Island, 1874 National Gallery of Art

A young woman with flushed, peachy skin stands on a rocky shoreline with a fishing net slung over one shoulder in this horizontal painting. Her body faces us, and she looks off and down to our right.

Winslow Homer A Light on the Sea, 1897 National Gallery of Art

A young man with a peachy, ruddy complexion lies on his stomach in a wooden rowboat on a river, reaching forward to grasp the horn of a stag almost completely submerged in the rippling water with one hand.

Winslow Homer Hound and Hunter, 1892 National Gallery of Art

Northeaster, Winslow Homer, 1895; reworked by 1901, oil on canvas

Winslow Homer Northeaster, 1895; reworked by 1901 The Met

Snap the Whip, Winslow Homer, 1872, oil on canvas

Winslow Homer Snap the Whip, 1872 The Met

Peach Blossoms, Winslow Homer, 1878, oil on canvas

Winslow Homer Peach Blossoms, 1878 Art Institute of Chicago

A woman holding a baby stands near a young boy who perches in the tipped-up end of a rowboat that has been pulled onto a sandy beach in this horizontal painting. All the people have light skin.

Winslow Homer Dad's Coming!, 1873 National Gallery of Art

Women Working in a Field, Winslow Homer, 1867, oil on wood

Winslow Homer Women Working in a Field, 1867 Cleveland Museum of Art

Facing away from us, a light-skinned woman blowing a silver horn stands in a grassy landscape in this vertical painting. The woman is lit brightly from the upper right, making her ankle-length, white dress glow.

Winslow Homer The Dinner Horn (Blowing the Horn at Seaside), 1870 National Gallery of Art

In this painting, a person appears to pull a long brown-and-green canoe out of the water and onto a grassy stretch of land. The person wears a hat and a green shirt with brown trousers, and their face is indistinct.

Winslow Homer Sunset, c. 1875 National Gallery of Art

Eagle Head, Manchester, Massachusetts (High Tide), Winslow Homer, 1870, oil on canvas

Winslow Homer Eagle Head, Manchester, Massachusetts (High Tide), 1870 The Met

White Mare, Winslow Homer, c. 1868, oil on panel

Winslow Homer White Mare, c. 1868 Cleveland Museum of Art

Saddle Horse in Farm Yard, Winslow Homer, ca. 1870–75, oil on wood

Winslow Homer Saddle Horse in Farm Yard, ca. 1870–75 The Met

Close to us, a young man and four boys sit or recline in a small sailboat that tips to our left on a choppy dark green sea fringed with white foam in this horizontal painting.

Winslow Homer The Flirt, 1874 National Gallery of Art

The Beach, Late Afternoon, Winslow Homer, 1869, oil on wood

Winslow Homer The Beach, Late Afternoon, 1869 The Met

Shown from the knees up, a pale-skinned woman stands close to us with a red schoolhouse in the distance under a sunset sky in this vertical painting.

Winslow Homer The Red School House, 1873 National Gallery of Art

This is a painting of an outdoor scene with a group of people gathered in front of a blue-gray wooden building with a dark door and two windows. Sunflowers grow on either side of the entrance, stretching up to the windows.

Winslow Homer Sketch of a Cottage Yard, c. 1876 National Gallery of Art

The Studio, Winslow Homer, 1867, oil on canvas

Winslow Homer The Studio, 1867 The Met

We look onto two black-headed ducks twisting and flailing midair against a slate-gray landscape in this horizontal painting. The silvery white body of the bird to our left faces us as its neck twists to our left, its black wings extended.

Winslow Homer Right and Left, 1909 National Gallery of Art

The Brierwood Pipe, Winslow Homer, 1864, oil on canvas

Winslow Homer The Brierwood Pipe, 1864 Cleveland Museum of Art

Camp Fire, Winslow Homer, 1880, oil on canvas

Winslow Homer Camp Fire, 1880 The Met

Dressing for the Carnival, Winslow Homer, 1877, oil on canvas

Winslow Homer Dressing for the Carnival, 1877 The Met

Light pours over a woman and a dozen children of different ages standing in small groups near a boxy, red schoolhouse in this horizontal painting.

Winslow Homer School Time, c. 1874 National Gallery of Art

A woman with smooth, pale skin and wearing a hat, long dress, and gloves, stands holding a bunch of pumpkin-orange leaves against a background of trees painted with touches of rust orange and pine green in this vertical painting.

Winslow Homer Autumn, 1877 National Gallery of Art

Show all works (2 more: nudes or violent scenes)

Our room, color and style lists leave these out. They are public domain like the rest.

Rainy Day in Camp, Winslow Homer, 1871, oil on canvas

Winslow Homer Rainy Day in Camp, 1871 The Met

In a camp, two soldiers wearing blue uniforms are lost in thought as they listen to a military band playing music in the background in this vertical painting.

Winslow Homer Home, Sweet Home, c. 1863 National Gallery of Art