Artwork
Camp Meeting Sketches: Landing at the Cape
Camp Meeting Sketches: Landing at the Cape is a print by the Impressionist artist Winslow Homer. It dates from 1858 and is held in the collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art.
- Accession no.
- 1942.1355.a
- Credit line
- Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
About this work
Overview
Camp Meeting Sketches: Landing at the Cape is a 1858 watercolor work by Winslow Homer, an American artist prominent in 19th-century landscape painting and illustration.
Subject & Meaning
The piece captures a moment of arrival at a coastal location, associated with a camp meeting, conveying a sense of communal gathering or event.
Technique & Style
Executed in watercolor, the work exhibits the fluid technique that would become characteristic of Homer's later artistic practice.
History & Provenance
Created in 1858, during Homer's transitional period from commercial illustration to fine art in oil and watercolor.
Artist & collection
Artist
Winslow Homer (February 24, 1836 – September 29, 1910) was an American landscape painter and illustrator, best known for his marine subjects.
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