Winslow Homer · 1899
The Gulf Stream
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A Black sailor adrift on a dismasted skiff in the Caribbean, sharks circling, a waterspout on the horizon — Homer's most-debated late painting. The Met.
Up to 24 × 14 in · landscape
Size
Larger sizes are unavailable for this painting because the source scan's resolution wouldn't print at gallery quality.
Format & finish
Archival cotton canvas stretched over a wooden frame. Ready to hang as-is. No external frame.
Scale next to a 5'10" person
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The story of The Gulf Stream
The Gulf Stream is an 1899 oil painting by the American artist Winslow Homer. It shows a man in a small dismasted rudderless fishing boat struggling against the storm-tossed waves and perils of the sea, presumably near the Gulf Stream, and was the artist's statement on a theme that had interested him for more than a decade. During the time he explored this theme, Homer, a New Englander, boated often near Florida, Cuba, and the Caribbean.
Adapted from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Winslow Homer
Winslow Homer was an American landscape painter and illustrator, best known for his marine subjects. He is considered one of the foremost painters of 19th-century America and a preeminent figure in American art in general.
All Winslow Homer prints →Biography adapted from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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