1868
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
Dominant colour
Fire-Works on the Night of the Fourth of July is a 1868 by Winslow Homer, a Impressionism work, depicting Crowd, held at Cleveland Museum of Art.
The painting shows people watching fireworks on a summer night. They're looking up at the sky. In the front, a firework hits a man's hat, causing a commotion. This painting is interesting because it focuses on the people, not the fireworks. It shows how they react to the unexpected. Check out the work of Winslow Homer for more scenes of everyday American life.
Winslow Homer focuses on the reaction of the spectators watching a New York City Fourth of July fireworks display instead of the pyrotechnics themselves. In the far distance, viewers seem to be looking upward. But in the foreground, a firework collides with a gentleman’s top hat causing visible dismay to the people nearby.
Read the full account in the museum source.
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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