1892
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
Dominant colour
Mink Lake, Adirondacks is a 1892 by Winslow Homer, a Impressionism work, held at Cleveland Museum of Art.
The painting shows a small canoe with a fisherman on a lake, surrounded by mountains and a stormy sky. The artist used a range of blue washes to convey the grandeur of the scene. The small breaks of brightness add contrast to the overall monochromatic tone. To learn more about the use of subtle color and contrast, look into the technique of chiaroscuro.
Mink Pond was Homer’s favorite haunt in the Adirondacks. With a subtle range of smoky blue washes, the artist conveyed the grandeur of the mountains and a stormy sky towering above a diminutive canoe with a casting fisherman. Small breaks of brightness provide moments of relief in the monochromatic tonality of the whole.
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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