1873
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Dominant colour
Gloucester Harbor is a 1873 ink by American 19th Century, a Impressionism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This painting shows a group of boys in a boat on a harbor. They're all wearing hats and some have their feet dangling in the water. The boat is in the foreground, with the harbor and other boats in the background. The painting has a lot of detail, with the boys' clothing and the texture of the water all visible. The artist used a technique called cross-hatching to create the shading and texture in the painting. If you like this painting, you might also like the work of other artists who used similar techniques, such as American 19th Century.
This artist painted everyday American life in the 1800s. Look at *Farmhouse in Mahantango Valley*—a quiet, sunlit scene of rural Pennsylvania. *Boy and Girl* shows two children standing close, their faces turned toward…
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