Winslow Homer’s Maine
Northeaster, 1895 Winslow Homer, 1836–1910
Oil on canvas , 34 1/2 x 50 in.
Metropolitan museum of art, NY
In the mid-1890s, Homer began a series of paintings showing only water, coast, and sky. Prouts Neck, Maine, was one of the most frequently represented sites in these works.
Here’s a great article in the NY Times about Homer in Prout’s Neck. Click here to read.

