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I regret very much that I have painted a picture that requires any description.
| - Winslow Homer, when asked for a few
descriptive lines about The Gulf Stream |
Winslow Homer Works Online
Categorized & Annotated
N.B. For the sake of readability, we have organized external links into these different tabs:
Paintings in Museums and Public Art Galleries Worldwide:
 Art Institute of Chicago
Art Institute of Chicago
Mini-site for the 2008 exhibition Watercolors by Winslow Homer: The Color of Light
Art Institute of Chicago Art Explorer - Images and Text Resources
Detailed information about the artist and his works
Butler Institute of American Art, Ohio
Snap the Whip, 1872
Cleveland Museum of Art, Ohio
Many works online
Dallas Museum of Art, Texas
Winslow Homer at the Detroit Institute of Arts, Michigan
5 works online
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington D.C.
Winslow Homer at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City 
Musée d'Orsay, Paris
Commentary on Summer Night
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston 
Watercolor collection online
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Drawings collection online
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Paintings collection online
Winslow Homer at the National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.
37 works by Winslow Homer
Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Missouri
Perils of the Sea, 1888 (Zoom)
The Phillips Collection, Washington D.C.
3 works online
Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut
A Game of Croquet
Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut
The Old Mill (Morning Bell)
Addison Gallery of American Art, Andover, Massachusetts
Drawing attributed to Winslow Homer
Addison Gallery of American Art, Andover, Massachusetts
Works by Winslow Homer
Amon Carter Museum, Texas
Crossing the Pasture
Amon Carter Museum, Texas
Blyth Sands
Arizona State University Art Museum, Tempe
The Morning Bell, 1873
Arizona State University Art Museum, Tempe
Corn Husking, 1874
Arkell Museum at Canajoharie, New York
4 paintings online
Ball State Museum of Art, Indiana
2 works online
Block Museum of Art at Northwestern University, Illinois
Making Hay
Bowdoin College Museum of Art, Maine (Zoomable)
Various works by and several photographs of the artist
Brauer Museum of Art at Valparaiso University, Indiana
Brigham Young University Museum of Art, Utah
Brooklyn Museum, New York City
The Houses of Parliament, 1881
Brooklyn Museum, New York City
Brooklyn Museum/Luce Center for American Art, New York City
(Undocumented Feature: In many cases the raw JPG image is much larger than displayed on the screen)
Canton Museum of Art, Ohio
Girl Picking Clover (Houghton Farm)
Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Chrysler Museum, Norfolk, Virginia
Cincinnati Art Museum, Ohio
(You may need to click "I accept these terms")
Hauling in Anchor
Cincinnati Art Museum, Ohio
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Sunday Morning in Virginia
Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, Massachusetts
Two Guides, ca.1875
Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, Massachusetts
Undertow, 1886
Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, Massachusetts
West Point, Prout's Neck, 1900
Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, Massachusetts
River Scene, Florida, ca.1904
Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, Massachusetts
An October Day, watercolor, 1889
Colby College Museum of Art, Maine
Fishing, 1875
Colby College Museum of Art, Maine
Girl in the Hammock, 1873
Colby College Museum of Art, Maine
The Trapper, 1870
Columbus Museum of Art, Ohio
Haymaking, 1864
Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum, New York City
3 works from the exhibition Tourism and the American Landscape
Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.
3 works online
Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas
A new museum which, when we last checked, had not yet opened to the public
Spring, 1878
Cummer Museum of Art, Jacksonville, Florida
The White Rowboat, St. Johns River, 1890
Currier Gallery of Art, New Hampshire
19 works online
Davis Museum and Cultural Center, Wellesley College, Massachusetts
Guides Shooting Rapids, 1895
Davis Museum and Cultural Center, Wellesley College, Massachusetts
"Anything For Me if You Please?" - Post-Office of the Brooklyn Fair, 1864
Denver Art Museum, Colorado
Two Figures by the Sea
Farnsworth Art Museum, Rockland, Maine
25 paintings, 7 of which are online
Figge Art Museum, Davenport, Iowa
Five College Museums Collections Database, Massachusetts
Fleming Museum at the University of Vermont
The Tent (Summer By The Sea), ca.1874
Frick Art and Historical Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Beaver Mountain, Adirondacks
Gilcrease Museum, Tulsa, Oklahoma
Watching the Brakers, 1891
Guilford College Art Gallery, North Carolina
Note that the JPG image for "Ship Building" is displayed smaller than its actual size
Harvard University Art Museums, Massachusetts
Hunter Museum of American Art, Tennessee
Girl on a Swing, pencil drawing, 1879
Hunter Museum of American Art, Tennessee
Girl on a Swing, watercolor, 1879
Hyde Collection Art Museum, Glens Falls, New York
A Good One, Adirondacks, 1889
Hyde Collection Art Museum, Glens Falls, New York
Adirondack Guide, ca.1876
Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indiana
Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, Nebraska
Trooper Meditating Beside a Grave, ca.1865
Krannert Art Museum, Illinois
Cerney la Ville, 1867
Lauren Rogers Museum of Art, Laurel, Mississippi
Winslow Homer in the Los Angeles County Museum of Art Database
Maier Museum of Art at Randolph-Macon Woman's College, Virginia
(Note: Click the title to view the artwork details, not the thumbnail image.)
Maryland State Archives
McMullen Museum of Art at Boston College, Massachusetts
Inland Waters, 1901
Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester, New York
74 works listed
Memphis Brooks Museum of Art, Memphis, Tennessee
Middlebury College Museum of Art, Vermont
Eight Bells
Milwaukee Art Museum, Wisconsin
Hark! The Lark
Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minnesota
Museum of the National Academy of Design, New York City
Croquet Player, ca.1865
Muskegon Museum of Art, Michigan
Answering the Horn, 1876
National Art Museum of Sport at Indiana University, Indianapolis
Winslow Homer at the National Portrait Gallery, Washington D.C.
Part of an online exhibit focusing on Winslow Homer's experience during the Civil War
New Britain Museum of American Art, Connecticut
Skirmish
North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh
Weaning the Calf, 1875
Oklahoma City Museum of Art, Oklahoma
The Army of the Potomac-A Sharp-Shooter on Picket Duty, 1862
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia
Philadelphia Museum of Art
(Tip: On the zoom-in page, use the slider bar to magnify the image)
7 works by Winslow Homer online
Portland Museum of Art, Maine
12 works online (click the different thumbnails to see the different works)
Portland Museum of Art, Maine
Princeton University Art Museum, New Jersey
Reading Public Museum, Pennsylvania
On the Shore
Rhode Island School of Design Museum of Art
On a Lee Shore (see middle row)
Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery at Scripps College, California
Saint Louis Art Museum, Missouri
The Country School, 1871
San Diego Museum of Art, California
Requires Flash: Click on "H", then select artist name
Seattle Art Museum
Sheldon Museum of Art, Lincoln, Nebraska
A Dark Hour - Tynemouth, charcoal drawing with wash
Winslow Homer at the Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington D.C.
Winslow Homer at the Smithsonian Archives of American Art, Washington D.C.
From "Getting the Picture: Illustrated Letters from the Smithsonian's Archives of American Art"
Winslow Homer at the Smithsonian Sackler-Freer Gallery, Washington D.C.
Early Evening
Smithsonian Sackler-Freer Gallery, Washington D.C.
Sun and Clouds, 1882
Spencer Museum of Art at the University of Kansas
Cloud Shadows
Terra Foundation for American Art, Chicago
10 works online
The Huntington Library, California
The Newark Museum, New Jersey
Near Andersonville, 1866
The Newark Museum, New Jersey
Beaver Mountain, ca.1876
The Parthenon, Nashville, Tennessee
Rab and the Girls (Over the Hills), 1875
(Note: Images are generally larger than displayed on the museum's web page. Here is a link to the jpg image.)
Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum, Madrid
- to switch to English, scroll to the bottom of the page and click "English Version"
- images are zoomable; click on the "expand" icon below the detail image
Toledo Museum of Art, Ohio
(Click the "American 1700-1900" category, then see the work in the first row of thumbnails)
Virtual Museum of Canada
High Cliff, Coast of Maine, 1894
Westmoreland Museum of American Art, Greensburg, Pennsylvania
Wichita Art Museum, Kansas
Williams College Museum of Art, Massachusetts
Children on a Fence, 1874
Worcester Art Museum, Massachusetts
Old Friends, 1894
Boys and Kitten, 1873
National Art Databases and Museum Inventories:
Joconde Database of French Museum Collections (in French) 
La Fayette Database of American Art in French National Collections
Smithsonian American Art Museum National Art Inventories
List of works nationwide from two sources: the Inventory of American Paintings Executed before 1914 and the Inventory of American Sculpture (only a few percent of listings have an accompanying image)
Articles and Reference Sites:
Encyclopedia Britannica complete article on Winslow Homer 
Note: The full version of the article is available only if you follow this link. If you bookmark the article and return later, or if you navigate directly to the Britannica website, you will see a 100-word preview only. Troubleshooting
Grove Dictionary of Art Online (excerpt)
Union List of Artist Names (Getty Museum)
Reference sheet with basic information about the artist and pointers to other references.
Wikipedia, the "Open Content" Encyclopedia
Biographical info
Antiques & Fine Art Magazine
3 paintings online
Antiques & Fine Art Magazine
"Winslow Homer and the Poetics of Place" (2010)
Antiques & Fine Art Magazine
"Winslow Homer's Rab and the Girls: A Riddle in Paint" (2002)
Art + Auction Magazine
Artist Dossier -- Winslow Homer (click "Print" to see the full text of the article)
Oxford Dictionary of Art (eNotes)
Ray Carney: Essays on American Painting
Resource Library Magazine
Haymaking, 1864
Resource Library Magazine
Taking a Sunflower to Teacher, 1875
Resource Library Magazine
Winslow Homer: Facing Nature
Resource Library Magazine
The Wheat Gatherer, 1867
Smithsonian Archives of American Art, Washington D.C.
The Winslow Homer collection
The New Yorker
"Telling Stories", 2005 article by Peter Schjeldahl
Time Magazine
"Into Arcadia with Rod and Gun", 1986 article by Robert Hughes
Time Magazine
"America's Supreme Realist", 1996 article by Robert Hughes
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